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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Mongols discover the triangular plow?
(a) Europe.
(b) China.
(c) Southeast Asia.
(d) Persia.

2. What is a paiza?
(a) A tablet worn on a chain that identified the level of a traveler.
(b) A brand of drink popular with Khubilai.
(c) An article of clothing incorporated from the Chinese culture.
(d) The type of saddle merchants used for their mounts.

3. Who was the envoy appointed to meet King Edward the I of England?
(a) Mar Denha I.
(b) Isa Kelemechi.
(c) Rabban Markos.
(d) Rabban Bar Sawma

4. What did the Mongol women do while the men were on the battlefield?
(a) Managed the empire.
(b) Drank with Ogodei.
(c) Traveled with the men.
(d) Kept the home.

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

6. What is khubi?
(a) A small, cozy nook.
(b) A share in the goods siezed from war.
(c) A rectangular block, used for coloring.
(d) A minature form of Khubilai.

7. 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 Stimulation of Agriculture.
(d) The Office for the Advancement of Farming.

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

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

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

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

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

13. How long did it take Friar Giovanni of Plano Carpini to travel to the Mongol court?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Two years.
(d) 106 days.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Mongol empire began to fall down, who in central Asia claimed to be a descendant of Genghis Khan?

2. By 1235, what was the most notable thing Ogodei had accomplished?

3. What river's origin did Khubilai launch an expedition to discover in 1281?

4. Who helped form the Mongol alliance with the Sung?

5. The Ming briefly moved the capital city of China to what place?

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