Lesson test: Camels, water and distance

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Camels, water and distance

1.[2p]
The Hanshu gives Kashgar as 9,350 li from Chang'an. Taking the Han li as 415.8 m, how far is that in kilometres?

CorrectNot quite: 3888

2.[2p]
At 30 km a day of travel, how many days is that journey?

CorrectNot quite: 130

3.[2p]
A camel carries 150 kg and eats 6 kg of fodder a day. How many days of its own food can it carry?

CorrectNot quite: 25

4.[1p]
A caravan crossing from Chang'an to Kashgar could carry the fodder for its own journey.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[2p]
Why did the routes skirt the Taklamakan rather than cross it?

A camel's dry range is about five days, or 150 km, and the desert is about 1,000 km across

Correct

The centre of the desert was controlled by hostile nomads

The answer is: A camel's dry range is about five days, or 150 km, and the desert is about 1,000 km across

The sand was too soft for loaded animals

The answer is: A camel's dry range is about five days, or 150 km, and the desert is about 1,000 km across

Chinese law forbade crossing the interior

The answer is: A camel's dry range is about five days, or 150 km, and the desert is about 1,000 km across

6.[2p]
What did Richard Bulliet argue in "The Camel and the Wheel"?

Pack camels displaced wheeled transport across much of Asia because they needed no roads

Correct

Camels were introduced to Asia only after the wheel was forgotten

The answer is: Pack camels displaced wheeled transport across much of Asia because they needed no roads

The wheel was never known in Central Asia

The answer is: Pack camels displaced wheeled transport across much of Asia because they needed no roads

Wheeled transport was always cheaper but was banned for military reasons

The answer is: Pack camels displaced wheeled transport across much of Asia because they needed no roads

7.[3p]
A caravan pays a toll of 5 per cent of its cargo's value at each of twelve oases. What percentage of the value has been taken?

CorrectNot quite: 46

8.[2p]
Match each mode of transport to its relative cost per unit distance, on the Diocletian Price Edict estimates.

Sea
Inland waterway
Road

Show the answer

Sea: 1 Inland waterway: 5 Road: 40

9.[2p]
Which commodity could not cross Asia overland at any price, and why?

Grain, because the freight cost is about ten times its value per kilogram

Correct

Silk, because it is damaged by desert conditions

The answer is: Grain, because the freight cost is about ten times its value per kilogram

Lapis lazuli, because it is too heavy

The answer is: Grain, because the freight cost is about ten times its value per kilogram

Paper, because it was made only in China

The answer is: Grain, because the freight cost is about ten times its value per kilogram

1.[2p] The Hanshu gives Kashgar as 9,350 li from Chang'an. Taking the Han li as 415.8 m, how far is that in kilometres?

2.[2p] At 30 km a day of travel, how many days is that journey?

3.[2p] A camel carries 150 kg and eats 6 kg of fodder a day. How many days of its own food can it carry?

4.[1p] A caravan crossing from Chang'an to Kashgar could carry the fodder for its own journey.

5.[2p] Why did the routes skirt the Taklamakan rather than cross it?

6.[2p] What did Richard Bulliet argue in "The Camel and the Wheel"?

7.[3p] A caravan pays a toll of 5 per cent of its cargo's value at each of twelve oases. What percentage of the value has been taken?

8.[2p] Match each mode of transport to its relative cost per unit distance, on the Diocletian Price Edict estimates.

9.[2p] Which commodity could not cross Asia overland at any price, and why?

1.[2p]
The Hanshu gives Kashgar as 9,350 li from Chang'an. Taking the Han li as 415.8 m, how far is that in kilometres?

2.[2p]
At 30 km a day of travel, how many days is that journey?

3.[2p]
A camel carries 150 kg and eats 6 kg of fodder a day. How many days of its own food can it carry?

4.[1p]
A caravan crossing from Chang'an to Kashgar could carry the fodder for its own journey.

5.[2p]
Why did the routes skirt the Taklamakan rather than cross it?

6.[2p]
What did Richard Bulliet argue in "The Camel and the Wheel"?

7.[3p]
A caravan pays a toll of 5 per cent of its cargo's value at each of twelve oases. What percentage of the value has been taken?

8.[2p]
Match each mode of transport to its relative cost per unit distance, on the Diocletian Price Edict estimates.

9.[2p]
Which commodity could not cross Asia overland at any price, and why?