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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Mongols believe Friar Carpini brought to them?
(a) Submission from the Pope.
(b) Information on Christianity and Jesus.
(c) Goods from Europe.
(d) A message of war.

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

3. Who wrote Decameron?
(a) Leon Battista Alberti.
(b) Cardinal Basilios Bessarion.
(c) Giovanni Boccaccio.
(d) Poggio Bracciolini.

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

5. In an effort to improve the lives of farmers and their crops, Khubilai created what office in 1261?
(a) The Council for the Fertilization of Peat.
(b) The Soil and Seed Foundation.
(c) The Office for the Advancement of Farming.
(d) The Office for the Stimulation of Agriculture.

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

7. How many flights of stairs led to Ogodei's throne?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

8. What year is the earliest reported Mongol presence in the French court?
(a) 1249.
(b) 1236.
(c) 1247.
(d) 1254.

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

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

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

12. Throughout the Renaissance the Mongols were generally treated with adulation. However, what time period opened up a distinct anti-Asian sentiment?
(a) The Middle Ages.
(b) The Mideival Ages.
(c) The Dark Ages.
(d) The Enlightenment.

13. What percentage of the people living in the Hopei Province died in 1331?
(a) 90%
(b) 30%
(c) 60%
(d) 15%

14. The Ming briefly moved the capital city of China to what place?
(a) Lanzhou.
(b) Taiwan.
(c) Kunming.
(d) Nanjing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1263, Khubilai began the construction of what important building?

2. What is khubi?

3. Where did the Mongols discover the triangular plow?

4. Who was the first person Guyuk attacked, in 1246, as a display of his power as khan?

5. Which pope issued a papal bull in 1348, ordering the prosecution of the Jews to halt?

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