The Story of China (BBC/PBS, 2016) — Episode 2: Silk Roads & China Ships — Worksheet & Key

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.

What's included:

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

- Matching answer key

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

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

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. The episode runs about 60 minutes — a single class period.

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