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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. Who did Khubilai assign the task of creating a single alphabet that could be used to write all the languages in the world?

2. How far did the envoy travel to see King Edward the I of England?

3. How did Guyuk die?

4. What animal did the plague bacterium live in?

5. Who penned the first known encyclopedia of natural history, in France?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Mongols keep numerical track of everything they obtained?

2. Why did the Mongols face from 1250 - 1270?

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

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

5. What effect did the Mongols have on the literary arts in China?

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

7. What happened to the slaves sold to the Italians by the Mongols? Where did they come from and what would they do in a short twenty years?

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

9. What happened to the Mongol forces after they severely harmed the samurai warriors?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Ong Khan? What was his relationship with Genghis Khan? Describe how the two men came to know each other, and the relationship that formed. Highlight all the important historical events between the two men, and what happened at the end of Ong Khan's life.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In what ways do you see the impact of the Mongols, the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan and Khubilai Khan in the world today? How can you identify those aspects? How can we attribute these bits of the modern world to the Mongols? Be sure to use specific examples of what comes from the Mongols, and why.

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