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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Arabian Sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Great Khan send the Polos and a baron to the Pope requesting a hundred men?
(a) To decorate a room for him to worship in and to get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(b) To teach Christianity and get oil from a lamp at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(c) To Teach Christianity and to get holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.
(d) To show his people how to become Catholic and to obtain holy water at the sepulcher in Jerusalem.

2. What did the name Chin-san Bay-an mean?
(a) Hundred-eyed.
(b) Great warrior.
(c) Many horses.
(d) Strong wall.

3. What lay five hundred miles south of Kesmacoran?
(a) The Isle of Monks and the Isle of Priests.
(b) The Isle of Christians and the Isle of Idolators.
(c) The Isle of Monkeys and the Isle of Horses.
(d) The Isle of Man and the Isle of Woman.

4. What did the men and women of Vochang cover their teeth with?
(a) Wax.
(b) Mud.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

5. What year did Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo sail to Sudak?
(a) 1261.
(b) 1259.
(c) 1250.
(d) 1260.

Short Answer Questions

1. What capital and province bore the same name?

2. Why did men need to anchor in the middle of streams in Chintigui?

3. Niccolo Polo and Maffeo Polo started a venture sailing to Sudak to __________.

4. How many wives did the king of Kangigu have?

5. What was the chief aim or goal of Facfur?

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