Quiz · Caravans on the Silk Road

Question 1What is this short listening passage mainly about?

How traders carried goods and ideas between China and Europe How silk cloth was first made in ancient China Why ships are slower than camels in the desert How hotels were built in deserts and mountains

Question 2Which animals carried the goods across the deserts and mountains?

Horses Camels Elephants Donkeys

Question 3Why did the Silk Road lose most of its business later?

The deserts became too dangerous to cross Traders ran out of silk and spices to sell Ships on the sea took most of the business away The special hotels for travellers all closed down