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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the reliance on imported goods reflect in feudal Europe?
(a) Total normalcy.
(b) A failure at home.
(c) Early shopoholoicism.
(d) Exotic tastes.

2. Who did Khubilai assign the task of creating a single alphabet that could be used to write all the languages in the world?
(a) Rinchen Zangpo.
(b) Dromtonpa.
(c) Lama Phagspa.
(d) Gyalwa Karmapa.

3. What animal did the plague bacterium live in?
(a) Humans.
(b) Fleas.
(c) Horses.
(d) Rats.

4. "It is reported, but impossible to verify, that no ____ was censored during Khubilai's reign?"
(a) Speech.
(b) Work of art.
(c) Book.
(d) Play.

5. Who called the first khuriltai after Guyuk died?
(a) Mongke.
(b) Batu Khan.
(c) Sorhokhtani.
(d) Oghul Ghaimish.

6. What was Karakorum?
(a) The wine ritual used to innagurate Ogodei.
(b) The capital city established by Ogodei.
(c) The traditional garb worn by Ogodei to show his station.
(d) The celebration named for Ogodei's succession.

7. What was the most cost-effective way for Khubilai to transport goods during his rule?
(a) By air.
(b) By horse.
(c) By water.
(d) By caravan.

8. What year did China fall from Mongol rule?
(a) 1378.
(b) 1368.
(c) 1388.
(d) 1358.

9. Whom did the Toregene want to push forward as the next Great Khan?
(a) Fatima.
(b) Guyuk.
(c) Herself.
(d) Tajik.

10. When did the Mongol forces, with the help of Bayan, overtake the Sung capital of Hangzhou?
(a) 1273.
(b) 1276.
(c) 1282.
(d) 1270.

11. What land did Guyuk wish to control and viewed as most important?
(a) Persia.
(b) India.
(c) Europe.
(d) Korea.

12. Who were the Kipchak?
(a) Turkic tribes.
(b) Indian shaman.
(c) Chineese warriors.
(d) Persian monks.

13. What was Kerchagan?
(a) The name of the plan to overthrow Ogodei.
(b) Ogodei's private residence for his family.
(c) The name of Ogodei's horse.
(d) Ogodei's store of wine.

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

15. 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 Office for the Advancement of Farming.
(c) The Soil and Seed Foundation.
(d) The Office for the Stimulation of Agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is airak?

2. How many tons of goods did the Mongols move in 1329?

3. Who ruled the Moghuls from 1556 until 1608, the zenith of that empire?

4. How did the Mongols traditionally begin and measure construction?

5. How did Guyuk die?

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