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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, the Global Awakening, 1262-1962, Chapter 8, Khubilai Khan and the New Mongol Empire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Mongol prisoners were freed after their prison sentence, under Khubilai?
(a) Prisoners were always sentenced to death.
(b) They were banished.
(c) More torture.
(d) They went on parole.

2. Which of the following was not a torture technique used by the famous Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa?
(a) Soldiers playing with severed heads like balls.
(b) Pulling limbs off prisoners in front of their comrades.
(c) Waterboarding.
(d) Putting children in catapults.

3. What did the Mongol officials demand from Korean subjects in 1221?
(a) 1,000 sheets of paper.
(b) 1,000 yards of silk.
(c) 100,000 sheets of paper.
(d) 100,00 yards of silk.

4. What happened if a Mongol, under Khubilai, declared bankruptcy more than two times?
(a) Caning.
(b) Possible execution.
(c) Mongols could not declare bankruptcy.
(d) The rack.

5. Realizing he made a mistake in his refusal of Temujin, Ong Khan decided to do what?
(a) Trick Temujin and kill him.
(b) Allow Temujin to marry one of his daughters.
(c) Take Temujin's daughter as a wife.
(d) Allow Jochi to marry one of his daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Kamil fi at-tarikh," also known as "The Complete History" or "The Perfect History?"

2. As a compromise, who was named successor to Genghis Khan?

3. What became of Khanbalik, also known as Dadu?

4. How did the Mongol army kill, during battle?

5. What happened to Jamuka, after the battle between the Mongols and the Naimen?

(see the answer key)

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