Question

What was the Silk Road?

a. a sea route to India, which was the prime location for ceramics
b. a trading company that sold goods from India to other global trading regions
c. a series of interconnected networks of trade across Asia
d. the route taken to reach the Americas, which was discovered by Christopher Columbus

Answer 1

The correct answer is: c. a series of interconnected networks of trade across Asia.

This road was taken by merchants, and the major good transported by this road was silk, hence the name. It existed before the age of discoveries (only this age brough about a) and d) - it started before out age already