1. To what is Marco Polo referring to in the second paragraph of the excerpt? (A) the cultivation of mulberry trees, sericulture and silk-making (B) the printing of books using wooden blocks (C) the necessary ingredients for a strong paper currency (D) the practice of alchemy in the Mongol pursuit of wealth

the government paid religious orders to provide basic education to native american children on reservations. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the bureau of indian affairs (bia) founded additional boarding schools based on the assimilation model of the off-reservation carlisle indian industrial school.