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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the Mongol empire began to fall down, who in central Asia claimed to be a descendant of Genghis Khan?
(a) Emir Timur.
(b) Sayyid Barakah.
(c) Khan Züdei.
(d) Enkhe Khan.

2. Who was ruler of the central steppe, during Khubilai's reign?
(a) Helegu.
(b) Nanjing.
(c) Ogodei.
(d) Khaidu.

3. What did the Mongol women do while the men were on the battlefield?
(a) Drank with Ogodei.
(b) Traveled with the men.
(c) Managed the empire.
(d) Kept the home.

4. Who was the envoy appointed to meet King Edward the I of England?
(a) Mar Denha I.
(b) Rabban Markos.
(c) Rabban Bar Sawma
(d) Isa Kelemechi.

5. By what year did the Mongol method of currency become worthless in China?
(a) 1352.
(b) 1362.
(c) 1356.
(d) 1346.

6. How long did Guyuk serve as the Great Khan?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Six months.

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

8. What is airak?
(a) The special relationship between two Khan sons.
(b) The celebration dance performned by Sorkhokhtani.
(c) Fermented mare's milk.
(d) Mongolian perperation for cooking sheep.

9. What year did China fall from Mongol rule?
(a) 1388.
(b) 1378.
(c) 1368.
(d) 1358.

10. How long did it take Friar Giovanni of Plano Carpini to travel to the Mongol court?
(a) A year.
(b) 106 days.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

11. How did the Mongols traditionally begin and measure construction?
(a) A horse's gallop.
(b) A bowshot.
(c) A catapult throw.
(d) A man's step.

12. By 1235, what was the most notable thing Ogodei had accomplished?
(a) Squandering the majority of his father's wealth.
(b) Increasing the literacy rate of his people.
(c) Standardize a health code.
(d) Properly fund public hospitals.

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

14. What was the shared name of the three princes who commanded the Christian cities of the plain in 1223?
(a) Ludvik.
(b) Konstantine.
(c) Mstislav.
(d) Romanovitch.

15. What land did Guyuk wish to control and viewed as most important?
(a) Persia.
(b) Europe.
(c) India.
(d) Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many flights of stairs led to Ogodei's throne?

2. What year did Persia fall from the Mongol rule?

3. How many tons of goods did the Mongols move in 1329?

4. How did Ogodei influence merchants to seek him out?

5. Of all the cultures the Mongols worked with, who had the most advanced pharmacology?

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