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Silk Road Exchanges

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A) The Silk Road was mainly a military defense system.

B) Trade routes were used only for transporting luxury goods.

C) The Silk Road enabled economic, cultural, and technological exchange across regions.

D) Modern globalization replaced earlier historical trade systems.

2. The word "[[catalyst]]" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to

A) a factor that causes change

B) a written historical record

C) a protective trade agreement

D) a long-distance journey

3. According to paragraph 2, why do scholars compare written records from different regions?

A) To identify military conflicts between empires

B) To demonstrate how knowledge spread through trade networks

C) To estimate the total economic value of traded goods

D) To analyze climate patterns affecting merchants

4. All of the following are mentioned about the Silk Road EXCEPT

A) it connected multiple geographic regions

B) it helped spread technologies and ideas

C) it contributed to the spread of diseases

D) it was created mainly for modern tourism

5. What is the relationship between paragraphs 2 and 3?

A) Paragraph 3 presents challenges and consequences following the exchanges discussed in paragraph 2.

B) Paragraph 3 repeats examples of technologies described in paragraph 2.

C) Paragraph 3 focuses only on modern transportation systems.

D) Paragraph 3 rejects the historical evidence introduced in paragraph 2.

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