Marco Polo and the Silk Road (History Makers video)

What did Marco Polo write the first major account of?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The Silk Road and the Mongol civilization

• The Crusades

What was the profession of Marco Polo's father and uncle?

• Soldiers

• Artisans

• Merchants

• Farmers

Where did the Polo brothers go on a trading assignment in 1260?

• Constantinople

• Venice

• Paris

• London

What were the Polo brothers asked to bring back to the Khan?

• 100 Vatican scholars and oil from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

• Spices and silk

• Gold and silver

• Jewelry and precious stones

What was the name of the golden passport carried by Marco Polo in China?

• ID card

• Passport

• Páizi

• Visa

What was the system for ferrying goods between major cities of the Mongol Empire?

• The Grand Canal

• Khanbaliq

• filial piety

• Barter system

Marco Polo catalogued spices and their origins while he was in the Mongol Empire. Why was this of lasting importance?

• It allowed his family to sell spices throughout Europe.

• It allowed European merchants to mimic China's method of salt production.

• It became the foundation of his book, The Travels of Marco Polo.

• It became a guide for centuries of European seafarers who were pursuing the spice trade.

What fuel source did Marco Polo describe as being used in China?

• Natural gas

• Oil

• Coal

• Wood

What did Marco Polo describe as a culture widely tolerant of different religions?

• Mongols

• Chinese

• Persians

• Arabs

What was unusual about the Khan's attitude to different religions?

• He encouraged diversity and tolerance, allowing people of many different nationalities and faiths to live in the Mongol Empire.

• He would not allow anyone to practice a religion other than Buddhism.

• He encouraged his people to convert to Christianity.

• He had visitors killed if they refused to convert to Khanbaliq, the state religion.