Crash Course 7 Watch VideoThe Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash

Crash Course 7 Watch VideoThe Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9Duration: 10:31 User: n/a – Added: 3/22/12Watch the video then answer the questions listed below. The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: World History Crash Course #9 1. The Silk Road radically expanded the _____________ of trade. 2. The Silk Road was not actually a road but rather an overland route where merchants ______________________________________. 3. One route of the Silk Road connected the _____________________________________ to central Asia and one from central Asia to ________________ and also included sea routes. 4. Good and raw materials traded on the Silk Road included primarily __________, olives, olive oil, wine, jade, silver, iron, cotton textiles, ivory, incense, spices, and tortoise shells. 5. Why did the Roman Senate repeatedly try to ban silk? 6. What/how were three reasons the Silk Road affected the average person?  (list and explain)a.           b.           c.            7. How much of the European population died from the Bubonic Plague? ____ 8. John Green concludes the video by making a brief reference to the analogy between the Silk Road and today’s market globalization (international connectedness of trade).  Although he doesn’t expand on this, what do you think he meant? (hint:  try to think of similarities between the pros and cons of each)  Here is the link to the video …….. https://youtu.be/vfe-eNq-Qyg