The Silk Road

2. The Silk Road also helped to spread _____.
4. Zhang Qian is often called the _____ of the Silk Road.
6. During his second trip, Qian discovered a more powerful horse and _____.
7. The _____ Silk Road connected Luoyang to Kashgar.
8. Romans were happy to trade _____ for silk.
9. Trade between the East and the West also resulted in _____ exchanges.
10. _____ was the perfect trading good because it was light and valuable.
13. Traders from _____, Arabia, and Persia brought perfumes, cosmetics, and carpets to trade
15. The silk road linked the people of the _____ and west for over 1,000 years.
17. The journey west from Kashgar began with a difficult trek across _____.

1. The Silk Road from Luoyang to Dunhuang was protected by the _____.
3. The Chinese valued _____ from Central Asia.
5. These were opened under the Han Dynasty to allow Chinese trade with other ancient cultures.
10. This was actually a network of trade routes that stretched more than 4,000 miles across Asia.
11. Both, goods and _____ traveled along the Silk Road.
12. The _____ Silk Road ran from Kashgar to Antioch.
14. Qian brought back word of such places as Persia, Syria, India, and _____.
16. _____ was a valuable good because only the Chinese knew how to make it.