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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Toregene die?

2. When did the Mongol forces, with the help of Bayan, overtake the Sung capital of Hangzhou?

3. How did Guyuk die?

4. What did the reliance on imported goods reflect in feudal Europe?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do "generous scholars" attribute to Khubilai's frequent delays during the war with the Sung?

2. What happened to Professor Lkhagvasuren's teacher?

3. Why did the Golden Family back Arik Boke instead of Khubilai?

4. What happened to Arik Boke that caused the end of his life?

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

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

7. What geographically hindered the Mongols from full victory in Europe?

8. By the end of chapter seven, the Mongol empire was divided into four segments. What were they and who was in charge?

9. After the Mongols destroyed the Hungarian army, they were able to probe Vienna. Though scared, some Hapsburg troops captured a Mongol officer. What was strange about him?

10. How did Mongke Khan die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effects did the Mongol empire have on Europe? What did the Mongol empire provide to Europe that nobody had done before? What resulted in Europe because of the Mongol presence? What impressions of the Mongol empire can be seen in Europe today?

Essay Topic 2

How did the Mongol empire effect agriculture in their world? Do those advances or changes have any lasting effect in the modern world? What did the Mongols do to agriculture to change it? What other benefits resulted from those changes? What agriculturally-related laws and rules did the Mongols contribute?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Khubilai Khan? What did he contribute to the making of history? What did he do for the Mongol empire that Genghis Khan did not, or could not? What important advances were made during his reign as Khan?

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