Test Your Knowledge of the Silk Road

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What do you know about the Silk Road?

  1. 1

    Where did Buddhism originate?

  2. 2

    Manichaeism was a religion practiced mainly between the3rd and 7th centuries, centered around a person named Mani.

  3. 3

    Camel humps get flabby and deflated when camels are dehydrated or are in poor health.

  4. 4

    People along the Silk Road communicate with:

  5. 5

    The Tarim Basin was at the heart of the Silk Road. The name Xinjiang literally means:

  6. 6

    Sheep and wheat were first domesticated

  7. 7

    The mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin are called "caucasoid." Caucasoid means:

  8. 8

    The Tarim Basin mummies are so well preserved due to:

  9. 9

    The Silk Road did NOT connect China with this geographical area:

  10. 10

    Silk first made its way to Rome around:

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