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The Silk Road

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  • What is silk?
    Silk is a type of cloth. It is a thin, but strong fiber that silkworms produce when they are making their cocoons.
  • What material is silk made from?
    The cocoons from silk worms.
  • How was silk thread discovered? (Think about the video we watched)
    A silkworm fell into Empress Hsi Ling Shi's cup of tea.
    They found it at a Trader Joes Markt
    It was always there
  • What animal helped people travel on the silk road?
    Lions
    Elephants
    Camels
    Hawks
  • Name two things traded on The Silk Road.
    Any of these: silk, tea, salt, sugar, spices, cotton, ivory, wool, gold, silver, porcelain
  • Why was silk important to Chinese culture?
    They would follow the four cardinal directions
    For gas in their cars? Maybe
    Silk was valuable and worn by rich people. Everything else
    Ask Luke?
  • What country was silk invented in?
    China
  • Bonus: What is the mandate of heaven?
    Chinese rulers believed that god gave them the right to rule.
  • Why was The Silk Road important?
    it was soft road and easy to take naps
    Food and luxury items were traded there.
    They would sing and dance there.
  • Why did the Chinese want to keep the silk-making process a secret?
    So they would be the only ones who could sell silk.
  • True or False A moth lays 500 or so eggs and then dies
    True
    False
  • What is The Silk Road?
    a place for fishing
    kinda like a starbucks but without food
    A bunch of roads to trade food and gold
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