alleryThe name Silk Road comes from the translation of a word from which language?
AGerman
BFrench
CLatin
DPersian
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. German
1. The term was popularized by a German geographer.
2. It translates the German word Seidenstrasse, literally Silk Road.
3. French, Latin and Persian words were not its source.
_Source: Wikipedia, Silk Road, Name and contested significance_
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