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Across
6. The main advantage of down-the-line trade was that
goods could travel _____ than any one trader.
7. the name of the Buddhist monk who traveled from
China to India using the Silk Road in 629
9. the name of the main trade route during the Middle
Ages
12. Despite the dangers, people continued to travel the Silk
Road because they wanted an adventure and to earn a
_____.
13. this type of trade was used by traders along the Silk
Road
15. The main disadvantage of down-the-line trade was that
goods were traded many times and thus became very
_____.
16. the majority of Central Asian merchants practiced and
traded this religion along the Silk Road
17. The term Silk Road is a bit misleading because the Silk
Road was actually a _____ of paths.
18. another word for trader
Down
1. When wars and bandits made the Silk Road extremely
dangerous, traders used _____.
2. a company of traders
3. One of the dangers of the Silk Road was that caravans
often were attacked by _____.
4. the most popular mode of transportation along the Silk
Road
5. The Silk Road connected China, _____, and the Middle
East.
8. _____ traded how to make silk and paper.
10. One of the dangers of the Silk Road was that caravans
often _____ the trail.
11. In this type of trade, traders would stop at any stop of their
choice, trading goods with various other traders. Then
those traders would stop at any stop of their choice, trading
the same goods with various other traders, and so on.
14. the most popular good traded along the Silk Road