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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grew greatly in Thebeth?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Mulberry trees.
(d) Palm trees.

2. What did the inhabitants of Dragoian do to those who were ill if it was determined they would not recover?
(a) The family members sold them into slavery.
(b) The family members buried them away from the other family members.
(c) The family members suffocated them and ate the dead body.
(d) The family members crushed them with large boulders and buried them in the mountains.

3. Inhabitants of Dulfar collected and sold ______ to India.
(a) Pearls.
(b) Camels.
(c) Tarantulas.
(d) Arabian horses.

4. What did the inhabitants of Kangigu make wine from?
(a) Rice.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Green grapes.
(d) Red grapes.

5. What was produced in Dulfar?
(a) Saffron.
(b) Musk.
(c) Myrrh.
(d) Frankincense.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far was Kotan from Karkan?

2. Experiences between leaving in 1271 and returning in 1292 are described by Marco Polo through his chroniclers_________ and __________.

3. The city of Arzingan was located in ___.

4. How long did it take to cross the desert called Lop?

5. The inhabitants of Escier fed their animals what type of food?

(see the answer key)

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