Read the passage below and answer the question that follows: The Silk Road..is often presented as a link between two continents of civilization-the west and
the east-
and the area between them as an ocean of emptiness. But routes
depend on civilizations to maintain them, ensure security and provide the
infrastructure for rest stops, inns, water and other requirements of the traveller.
The Silk Road could only emerge when there were stable regimes (governments)
along its length, producing enough wealth to create surplus goods and a demand
for items beyond the necessities of daily life. Which of the following claims is the
author making in this paragraph? Choose 1 *
The Silk Road would have existed with or without civilizations along its length
The Silk Road was only possible because there were civilizations along most of its
length
The Silk Road connected to civilizations with very little in between them
The Silk Road caused the rise of Han China and Rome.