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WorksheetsMarco Polo- BrainPop quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
How did Venice differ from most European cities in the Middle Ages?
It was on the eastern end of the Silk Road
It had a large population of Chinese immigrants
It was a center of international commerce
It used paper money to buy and sell goods
Niccolo and Maffeo Polo first traveled to China because they were:
Curious about other cultures
Fearful of foreign invaders in Venice
Lost on Silk Road
wanting to conquer new lands.
What did Kublai Khan hope to learn from the Polos?
How to make pizza
The safest route across the Silk Road
Details of European values and beliefs
Why was The Travels of Marco Polo so popular in Europe?
It was written by a famous coauthor
It was filled with action and adventure
It was the first history book of China
The Travels of Marco Polo combines which two literary genres?
Biography and comic book
poetry and history
Nonfiction narrative and novel
Encyclopedia and science-fiction tale
Christians living under Kublai Khan's rule were:
Required to pay higher taxes
Free to practice their religion
Respected more than Buddhists
What can you infer about 13th century Europe?
It's kingdoms were smaller than Kublai Khan's
It had better roads than the Mongol Empire
It was dependent on the Silk Road for food
Polo's absence from Mongol historical records might be cited by a ________ of The Travels of Marco Polo.
Skeptic
Character
Fan
What contributed to the abandonment of the Silk Road as a trade route?
The death of Marco Polo
The discovery of America
Instability in the Mongol Empire
What goal did Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo share?
Meet Kublai Khan
Travel to Asia
Go on the Silk Road
