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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the assigned person present Khubilai with an alphabet that could write all the languages in the world?
(a) 12775.
(b) 1271.
(c) 1264.
(d) 1269.

2. How did Ogodei influence merchants to seek him out?
(a) Ogodei would punish the families of the merchants who didn't seek him out.
(b) Ogodei would kill merchants who didn't seek him out.
(c) Ogodei adopted many merchants into his family.
(d) Ogodei often paid twice as much as the asking price.

3. What is a she?
(a) A group of 100 nobility.
(b) A group of about 200,000 peasants.
(c) A group of 1,000 nobility.
(d) A group of about 50,000 peasants.

4. What river's origin did Khubilai launch an expedition to discover in 1281?
(a) The Yellow River.
(b) The Aras River.
(c) The Indus River.
(d) The Euphrates River.

5. Of all the cultures the Mongols worked with, who had the most advanced pharmacology?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Europeans.
(d) The Persians.

6. Western scholars have designated the fourteenth century as what?
(a) The Pax Mongolica.
(b) The age of the Bubonic Terror.
(c) The Silken Era.
(d) The Golden Age of Europe.

7. How far did the envoy travel to see King Edward the I of England?
(a) 7,000 miles.
(b) 14,000 kilometers
(c) 9,000 kilometers.
(d) 4,000 miles.

8. What was life in Xanadu, during 1332?
(a) Boisterous and energetic.
(b) Alarming and painful.
(c) Introspective and intellectual.
(d) Quiet and tranquil.

9. Who did Khubilai assign the task of creating a single alphabet that could be used to write all the languages in the world?
(a) Rinchen Zangpo.
(b) Gyalwa Karmapa.
(c) Lama Phagspa.
(d) Dromtonpa.

10. As the Mongols' position in power began to crumble, mostly due to the lack of trade, what religion was favored by the Mongols?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Shamanism.
(d) Islam.

11. What year was Ogodei installed?
(a) 1230.
(b) 1232.
(c) 1240.
(d) 1235.

12. How many people did Mongke execute within Ogodei's lineage?
(a) 300.
(b) 20.
(c) 77.
(d) 100.

13. Who was the highest-ranking European delegate at Toregene's gathering in 1246?
(a) Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich.
(b) His Highness Alexander Navsky.
(c) Grand Prince Yaroslav II.
(d) The Livonian Brothers.

14. To whom did Ogodei convey most of his administrative power?
(a) Sorkhokhtani.
(b) Jebe.
(c) Ebuskun.
(d) Toregene.

15. What was Kerchagan?
(a) Ogodei's private residence for his family.
(b) The name of Ogodei's horse.
(c) The name of the plan to overthrow Ogodei.
(d) Ogodei's store of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the envoy appointed to meet King Edward the I of England?

2. What gem was most admired by the Mongol peoples?

3. By 1235, what was the most notable thing Ogodei had accomplished?

4. Whom did the Toregene want to push forward as the next Great Khan?

5. What did Khubilai change his name to in 1264?

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