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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1235, what was the most notable thing Ogodei had accomplished?
(a) Properly fund public hospitals.
(b) Squandering the majority of his father's wealth.
(c) Increasing the literacy rate of his people.
(d) Standardize a health code.

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

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

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

5. Who was Columbus looking for when he sailed in 1492?
(a) The Native Americans.
(b) The Sung.
(c) The Mongols.
(d) Marco Polo.

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

7. What year did Persia fall from the Mongol rule?
(a) 1315.
(b) 1335.
(c) 1345.
(d) 1325.

8. Out of approximately 500 plays from the Yuan dynasty, how many survive today?
(a) 300.
(b) 72.
(c) 160.
(d) 5.

9. Who was the highest-ranking European delegate at Toregene's gathering in 1246?
(a) His Highness Alexander Navsky.
(b) Grand Prince Yaroslav II.
(c) Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich.
(d) The Livonian Brothers.

10. How many letters were in the alphabetic system that could write all the languages in the world?
(a) 41.
(b) 25.
(c) 52.
(d) 73.

11. Where did Khubilai send the heir of the Sung dynasty to study, so he would not rebel?
(a) Japan.
(b) India.
(c) Tibet.
(d) Hungary.

12. What type of fiber did Khubilai wish to promote by the creation of an aptly named Bureau in 1289?
(a) Acrylic.
(b) Paper.
(c) Silk.
(d) Cotton.

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

14. What name did the family of Genghis Khan take around the summer of 1229?
(a) The Great Family.
(b) The Generous Family.
(c) The Giant Family.
(d) The Golden Family.

15. In 1263, Khubilai began the construction of what important building?
(a) A public hospital for the Chinese.
(b) An ancestral temple for his family.
(c) A library to promote literacy.
(d) A courthouse to uphold Chinese law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was ruler of the central steppe, during Khubilai's reign?

2. How did Ogodei combat the bulkiness of bullion and coinage?

3. How many schools are recorded as being created during the reign of Khubilai Khan?

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

5. How did Jebe and Subodei lead the raid into Georgia?

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