HELP What was the Silk Road?

a series of roads that were covered in silk imported from China
a four-thousand-mile canal used from 1300 BCE to 1453 CE
a single ancient trade road that connected China and Japan
a series of ancient trade routes that connected China with Europe and East Africa

Read the following passage. the early mill girls were of different ages. some were not over ten years old; a few were in middle life, but the majority were between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five. the very young girls were called "doffers." they "doffed," or took off, the full bobbins from the spinning frames, and replaced them with empty ones. based on the passage, early mill girls were mostly young. were mostly middle aged. were of a variety of ages. were mostly children.

Before the invention of the loom in 1785, textile manufacturing was: a) regulated under the guild system. b) performed by children working in factories. c) produced in rural cottages under a putting-out system. d) conducted by british colonists overseas.

Mark each statement if it describes a characteristic that pulled the greek city-states together? national anthem poetry of homer food growth and preparation