The road you travel from Tana [Azov] to Cathay is perfectly safe, whether by day or by night, according to
what the merchants say who have used it. Only if the
merchant ... should die upon the road, everything
belonging to him will become the perquisite of the lord of
the country in which he dies. ...
And there is another danger: this is when the lord of the
country dies, and before the new lord who is to have the
lordship is proclaimed; during such intervals there have
sometimes been irregularities practised on the Franks,
and other foreigners.
-Book of Descriptions of Countries and of Measures
Employed in Business,
Francesco Balducci
Pegolotti (1290-1347)

What is the author saying about the Silk Roads in this
text?
O There are no threats from robbers or bandits.
O Rulers are always hospitable toward merchants.
O It is only safe to travel by day.
O Political situations change often.

What was a common theme of folk and rock music created by the 1960s counterculture? a. nonviolence b. hate c. self-denial d. aggression

Read the excerpt from the monsters are due on maple street. as they suddenly start toward the house. in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. steve stands in front of them. for a moment their fear almost turns their walk into a wild stampede but steve's voice, loud, incisive and commanding, makes them stop. stevewait a minute . . wait a minute! let's not be a mob! the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street. which sentence from the excerpt is an example of foreshadowing? a) as they suddenly start toward the house. b) in this brief fraction of a moment they take the first step toward performing a metamorphosis that changes people from a group into a mob. c) they begin to head purposefully across the street toward the house at the end. d) the people stop as a group, seem to pause for a moment and then much more quietly and slowly start to walk across the street.

What did the french national assembly decide? peasants would only have to pay one-tenth of their earnings to the catholic church. the government could not legally charge taxes without first holding a vote. aristocrats would still receive special privileges as long as they paid a higher tax. employment would be available to all people, regardless of their social class.