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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Middle East.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the infant, Christ, give the wise men as they were leaving?
(a) A bag of spices.
(b) A piece of gold cloth.
(c) A stone.
(d) A gold coin.

3. The city of Arzingan was located in ___.
(a) Ormus.
(b) Kogni.
(c) Armenia Major.
(d) Armenia Minor.

4. The Polos survived ______________ for three years until Pope Clement died.
(a) Snow and swollen rivers.
(b) Lack of food and shelter.
(c) Lack of money and falling snow.
(d) Heat and blowing winds.

5. An envoy of Hulaga invited the Polos to join his trip to the Great Khan of the Tartars, __________.
(a) Arikbuga.
(b) Chinghiz.
(c) Kaidu.
(d) Kubilai.

Short Answer Questions

1. Trade-routes were costly to follow, so high value commodities like ________________ were needed to make a profit on the way.

2. Who is being addressed in the Prologue?

3. What could be found in the castle of Paipurth, which was located between Trebizond and Tauris?

4. What did the workers at Saint Barsamo make?

5. Survival required a practical traveler and merchant to take advantage of ___________along the route with natural and man-made obstacles.

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