Name Date

Name
Date
Background to European Exploration
Directions Use the map and key to help you answer the questions. Write
your answers in the blanks provided.
The Silk Road
Goods traveling
eastbound:
Goods traveling
westbound:
ITALY
BY
r
a
Damascus
Cinnamon
Mountains
Deserts
Oceans/Seas
Kizilkum
Tianshan
Desert
Mountains
Urumchi
Karakum Tashkent
Turpan
Kashgar
Desert
Dunhuang
Merv
Taklamakan
Samarkand
Desert
Pamirs
Khotan
Baghdad
SAHARA
DESERT
Ceramics
MONGOLIA
MONGOLIA
ian Sea
Casp
TURKEY
Se
Furs
M
a
Se
it e
Istanbul
an
Ivory
Trading posts
TIU
ed
ne
Textiles
RUSSIA
Caravans
RUSSIA
Z
AN
M
Bla
ck
ra
Gold
ROAD
SILK
Xian
AFGHANISTAN
Red
ARABIA
CHINA
TIBET
Persian
Gulf
H
IM
ALAY
N
AS
Sea
E
W
INDIA
S
AFRICA
0
0
500
500
1,000 Miles
1,000 Kilometers
INDIAN OCEAN
Two-Point Equidistant Projection
1
What are three kinds of goods transported by caravans traveling west through the
Taklamakan Desert?
,
2
,
,
3
What three deserts are along the Silk Road?
,
28
,
■
Activity Book
,
Use after reading Chapter 3, Lesson 2, pages 114–119.
© Harcourt
What three kinds of terrain would a caravan cross when traveling from Istanbul
to Xian?
Name
Date
Background to European Exploration
Directions Use the map and key to help you answer the questions. Write
your answers in the blanks provided.
The Silk Road
Goods traveling
eastbound:
Goods traveling
westbound:
ITALY
BY
r
a
Damascus
Cinnamon
Mountains
Deserts
Oceans/Seas
Kizilkum
Tianshan
Desert
Mountains
Urumchi
Karakum Tashkent
Turpan
Kashgar
Desert
Dunhuang
Merv
Taklamakan
Samarkand
Desert
Pamirs
Khotan
Baghdad
SAHARA
DESERT
Ceramics
MONGOLIA
MONGOLIA
ian Sea
Casp
TURKEY
Se
Furs
M
a
Se
it e
Istanbul
an
Ivory
Trading posts
TIU
ed
ne
Textiles
RUSSIA
Caravans
RUSSIA
Z
AN
M
Bla
ck
ra
Gold
ROAD
SILK
Xian
AFGHANISTAN
Red
ARABIA
CHINA
TIBET
Persian
Gulf
H
IM
ALAY
N
AS
Sea
E
W
INDIA
S
AFRICA
0
0
500
500
1,000 Miles
1,000 Kilometers
INDIAN OCEAN
Two-Point Equidistant Projection
1
What are three kinds of goods transported by caravans traveling west through the
Taklamakan Desert?
furs
2
ceramics
,
cinnamon
3
,
mountains
,
desert
,
Karakum
What three deserts are along the Silk Road?
Kizilkum
■
Activity Book
,
Taklamakan
Use after reading Chapter 3, Lesson 2, pages 114–119.
© Harcourt
What three kinds of terrain would a caravan cross when traveling from Istanbul
to Xian?
water
28
,