The Silk Road

During which historical period did silk have its heyday?

• a) Ancient times
  

• b) Middle Ages
  

• c) Renaissance
  

• d) Modern era

What made traveling on the Silk Route difficult?

• a) The need to cross open landscapes and deserts
  

• b) Attacks from bandits
  

• c) Fast-flowing rivers
  

• d) All of the above

What were “caravanserais”?

• a) Silk factories
  

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  b) Fortified hostels for merchants

• c) Secret trade documents

• d) Special wagons used to transport goods

Who made the Silk Route famous by writing about it?

• a) Genghis Khan
  

• b) Julius Caesar
  

• c) Marco Polo
  

• d) Christopher Columbus