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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, the Global Awakening, 1262-1962, Chapter 8, Khubilai Khan and the New Mongol Empire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the assigned person present Khubilai with an alphabet that could write all the languages in the world?
(a) 1269.
(b) 1271.
(c) 1264.
(d) 12775.

2. Who influenced Ong Khan's decision in 1203 to deny Temujin?
(a) Jamuka.
(b) Temujin.
(c) Jochi.
(d) Senggum.

3. How did Temujin trick the Naiman to believe he had more troops than "stars in the sky?"
(a) Temujin left a trail of destruction and litter, making it look like more men.
(b) Temujin fashioned dummies and empty tents to make it appear he had more men.
(c) Temujin used villagers on horseback to fill in his ranks.
(d) Temujin had each man light five fires.

4. In 1272, Khubilai began the construction of what important building?
(a) An ancestral temple for his family.
(b) A public hospital for the Chinese.
(c) A Chinese-style imperial capital.
(d) A library to promote literacy.

5. In the year 1203, Temujin wished to resolve his rivalry with Jamuka and clarify his position with Ong Khan by what means?
(a) Temujin asked Ong Khan to have the khan's daughter marry Temujin's son, Jochi.
(b) Temujin gave Ong Khan a beautiful sable fur.
(c) Temujin offered one of his daughters to Ong Khan as a wife.
(d) Temujin asked Ong Khan to marry one of his daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a compromise, who was named successor to Genghis Khan?

2. Who was charged with the care of the Mongol homeland whilst Genghis Khan was campaigning in central Asia?

3. What was the newly-named Genghis Khan's first new law?

4. How did Marco Polo describe the money in circulation under Khubilai?

5. Who, in 1228, tied 400 Mongol prisoners to horses and dragged them through the streets?

(see the answer key)

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