The Silk Road was established during the HAN DYNASTY of China. The Han Dynasty opened trade with the West beginning the Silk Road. The term "Silk Road" was coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen a German geographer and traveler.
With the options provided, the answer to the phrase that trade union differed from the labor unions is that trade unions were organized or formed by skilled workers or workers employed in the building while labor unions are group of workers regarding if skilled or not.
The cartoon plays on the common idea that bureaucracy is overly complicated, and that it requires a lot of paperwork to perform even the most simple of tasks. People also assume that this ludicrous amount of paperwork makes bureaucracy slow and inefficient.
While bureaucracy can be slow and inefficient at times, people often forget that the paperwork is there for specific reasons. Leaving a written record of every action taken ensures that accidents happen less often, and that accountability is maintained. Also, bureaucratic procedures can be slow because of the amount of people that require them or due to the complexity of some issues. So the stereotype of bureaucracy is for the most part undeserved.