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West Meets East:Marco Polo’s Adventure. Follow Marco Polo’s Travels- Did you know the Chinese were the first to invent fireworks?. Objectives: TSW. Trace on a map of Eurasia the route of 13 th century Marco Polo. List as many of the countries as possible.
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West Meets East:Marco Polo’s Adventure Follow Marco Polo’s Travels- Did you know the Chinese were the first to invent fireworks?
Objectives: TSW • Trace on a map of Eurasia the route of 13th century Marco Polo. List as many of the countries as possible. • Explore 3 aspects of an Asian culture what MP might have seen and learned. • Submit a written paragraph of those cultural findings.
On the Following Page: • Read about Marco Polo’s travels from National Geographic. Use this link. • Did you know that it took Marco Polo 3 years to travel overland just to reach Afghanistan.
#1. On your map of Eurasia: • Trace Marco Polo’s route to China from the home base of Venice, Italy. Click on Italy to begin. List the countries traveled. • Then, use these links to be able to describe 3 aspects of Chinese and Afghani culture in a paragraph form on loose leaf.