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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helped form the Mongol alliance with the Sung?
(a) Ogodei.
(b) Karakorum.
(c) Jebe.
(d) Subodei.

2. How did Ogodei combat the bulkiness of bullion and coinage?
(a) Ogodei created a system of credit.
(b) Ogodei creates a system of debit.
(c) Mongols created a system of paper money.
(d) Mongols hired others to carry their money.

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

4. What did Khubilai change his name to in 1264?
(a) Khubilai Khan.
(b) Arik Boke.
(c) Zhiyuan, or Chih-yuan.
(d) The Great Khan.

5. The best we know, where did Black Death originate?
(a) South of China.
(b) Persia.
(c) Korea.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an effort to improve the lives of farmers and their crops, Khubilai created what office in 1261?

2. By what year did the Mongol method of currency become worthless in China?

3. When did Sokhokhtani die?

4. What was Kerchagan?

5. Who was Columbus looking for when he sailed in 1492?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why and how did the Mongols promote education in China?

2. What was special about the mare's milk for Khubilai and his court?

3. What was the first book written in English, and what did it say about Genghis Khan?

4. Who was Bayan?

5. What three inventions did Francis Bacon recognize as the foundation of modern world? Why is this important?

6. How did the Mongols adapt the Chinese printing practices?

7. What was in the tea Khubilai drank the morning after a long night of celebration, and what did it do?

8. What happened on February 14, 1349?

9. For most of the twentieth century, who maintained Mongolia?

10. How did the people of the city-states of Russia interpret the victory of the Mongols?

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