Early Life
Marco Polo was born in this Italian city.
What is Venice?
Marco Polo left Europe to travel to Asia in this year.
What is 1271?
Marco Polo lived in China for about this many years.
What is 17 years?
Marco Polo wrote about this black rock used for fuel.
What is coal?
Marco Polo dictated his book while in this place.
What is prison?
Marco Polo was born around this year.
What is 1254?
Marco Polo traveled mainly by this route.
What is the Silk Road?
This Mongol ruler welcomed Marco Polo.
Who is Kublai Khan?
He described a system that improved communication.
What is the postal system?
The book was written by this man.
Who is Rustichello of Pisa?
These two relatives raised Marco Polo and later traveled with him.
Who are his father Niccolò and uncle Maffeo?
The journey to China took about this long.
What is about 3–4 years?
Marco Polo worked for Kublai Khan in this role.
What is a government official/ambassador/advisor?
Marco Polo wrote about this food that resembled pasta.
What are noodles?
Marco Polo’s book increased European interest in this region.
What is Asia?
Marco Polo met his father for the first time at about this age.
What is 15 years old?
Marco Polo crossed this major desert during his travels.
What is the Gobi Desert?
Marco Polo traveled extensively around China to accomplish this task.
What is collecting information or acting as a messenger?
He described large, well-organized cities, such as this capital.
What is Khanbaliq (Beijing)?
Many explorers later used Marco Polo’s book, including this man.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Marco Polo’s family made their fortune doing this.
What is trade/merchant work?
This dangerous journey covered about this many miles.
What is about 13,000 miles?
This Chinese invention amazed Marco Polo and Europeans.
What is paper money?
Some Europeans doubted Marco Polo’s stories because they seemed this
What is unbelievable/exaggerated?
Marco Polo’s nickname because people doubted his stories.
Who is “Il Milione”?