The Story of China — Episode 2: Silk Roads & China Ships — Worksheet & Key

The Story of China Episode 2 (Silk Roads & China Ships) — fill-in-the-blank documentary worksheet for World History grades 7-12

  • 1-page fill-in-the-blank worksheet, questions in transcript order

  • Matching answer key

  • 60-minute episode — fits one class period

  • PDF format, two-sided printable, low-ink

  • World History, grades 7–12 — fits AP World History trade-network and exploration units

Episode 2 of The Story of China (Michael Wood, BBC/PBS, 2016) — focused on Tang-era trade across Central Asia and Chinese maritime reach into the Indian Ocean.

Preview of The Story of China Episode 2 worksheet — fill-in-the-blank documentary worksheet for World History

Built for a Silk Roads or pre-modern trade-networks unit, or a single documentary day inside a Tang/Song dynasty sequence. Coverage includes Chang'an and the Tang capital, the overland routes through Central Asia, and the Song-era maritime push that put Chinese ships in ports as far as East Africa.

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