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6th grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 8

Trade Routes & Beliefs

Silk Road, religions and ideas

What your child practices

The Silk Road and Indian Ocean trade, how religions and ideas spread, the Islamic Golden Age, medieval Europe and the Magna Carta, up to about 1450.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: G2.6-8.5; E2.6-8.2; H3.6-8.2 · trade networks, the spread of belief systems and cultural diffusion before 1450

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Serfs were…

    • Kings
    • Merchants from China
    • Peasants bound to work a lord's land
    • Knights

  2. Question 2

    Feudalism in medieval Europe was a system where…

    • Kings owned nothing
    • Merchants ruled
    • Lords gave land to knights in exchange for loyalty and service
    • Everyone voted

  3. Question 3

    Christianity is based on the teachings of…

    • The Buddha
    • Jesus
    • Muhammad
    • Confucius

  4. Question 4

    Islam began in Arabia in the 600s CE with the teachings of…

    • Jesus
    • Confucius
    • Moses
    • The Prophet Muhammad

  5. Question 5

    Why did traders take the Silk Road even though it was dangerous?

    • They were forced by Rome
    • It was short and easy
    • Goods from far away sold for high prices
    • It was the only road anywhere

  6. Question 6

    Why did towns and trade grow in Europe after about 1000 CE?

    • Farming improved and trade routes reopened
    • The plague ended all trade
    • Rome was rebuilt
    • Everyone left farms forever

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