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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through India.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the name Ach-baluch Manji signify?
(a) Level ground.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Great ruler.
(d) White city.

2. Why didn't the grand khan bring Java under his control?
(a) The grand khan was simply not interested in Java.
(b) Java was too heavily fortified.
(c) The length and danger of the navigation was too great.
(d) There was no real revenue to be made from Java.

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

4. What three regions were assigned to lesser family khans to rule over?
(a) Northern Russia, Levant from eastern Persia to the Mediterranean and Eastern Asia's Turkestan.
(b) European Russia, Levant from eastern Persia to the Mediterranean and Central Asia's Turkestan.
(c) Western Russia, Levant from eastern Persia to the Mediterranean and Central Asia's Turkestan.
(d) European Russia, Levant from southern Persia to the Mediterranean and Central Asia's Turkestan.

5. Marco Polo's descriptions of human history are ______________.
(a) Limited but accurate.
(b) Extensive but inaccurate.
(c) Astute.
(d) Limited and inaccurate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A particular vegetable in Kon-cha was very similar in color and smell to _____.

3. ______________ was an unknown term in medieval language.

4. The city of Arzingan was located in ___.

5. According to Marco Polo, in ancient times, kings of Zorzania were born with the mark of _____________ on the ___________ shoulder.

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