Crossing the Silk Road, Marco Polo brought elements of Western culture to the East and Eastern culture back to the West.
Because of his exploration for trade of what is today modern China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and India, the east experienced Western culture.
Furthermore, his journeys were documented in the Book of the Marvels of the World which presented to Europeans the Asian cities and countries.
Answer
One most negative effect of urbanization was the establishment of slums
Explanations
Urbanization is a process by which large populations relocate from rural areas to urban areas that enables cities and towns to grow. This progressive increase of people staying in towns and cities has both positive and negative effects. One most negative effect is the development of slums because of high cost of living in urban centers. Due to random growth and high levels of employment in the cities, there is development of unlawful settlement that is composed of slums and squatters. The development of slums in urban centers is an indication of fast-paced industrialization, inadequate land for housing , high number of people relocating to towns in search of better life and increased land prices beyond the affordable levels of the urban poor.
<span>The statement that best describes the effects of the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie is: D. The Indians crossed artificial boundaries, setting the stage for conflict.
The 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie was an attempt to get the various Native American tribal nations to agree on boundaries and to stop fighting with one another, as well as allowing safe travel to settlers traveling the Oregon Trail. The treaty was broken soon after it was made, as the Lakota and Cheyenne peoples battled with the Crow, and further problems followed. A second Treaty of Fort Laramie was signed between the US government and a number of Indian nations in 1868, after the failure of that first treaty.</span>
