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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did Guyuk serve as the Great Khan?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Three years.

4. Western scholars have designated the fourteenth century as what?
(a) The age of the Bubonic Terror.
(b) The Golden Age of Europe.
(c) The Silken Era.
(d) The Pax Mongolica.

5. Of all the cultures the Mongols worked with, who had the most advanced pharmacology?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Europeans.
(d) The Persians.

6. In what way did the Mongols change the rank of a merchant?
(a) Merchants were no better than prostitutes, the Mongols kept it that way.
(b) Merchants were downgraded to criminals.
(c) Merchants were elevated to the rank just below religious officials.
(d) They elevated merchants second to only government officials.

7. What is a she?
(a) A group of 1,000 nobility.
(b) A group of about 50,000 peasants.
(c) A group of 100 nobility.
(d) A group of about 200,000 peasants.

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

9. Who was Sorkhokhtani?
(a) The widow of Chaghatai and ruler of Asia and Turkestan.
(b) The ruler of Persia.
(c) The ruler of Mongolia.
(d) The widow of Tolui and ruler of northern China and eastern Mongolia.

10. What was life in Xanadu, during 1332?
(a) Alarming and painful.
(b) Introspective and intellectual.
(c) Quiet and tranquil.
(d) Boisterous and energetic.

11. How did Marco Polo describe the money in circulation under Khubilai?
(a) Silver bars.
(b) Gold bullion.
(c) Mulberry bark in rectangular squares.
(d) Dried leaves stamped with insignia.

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

13. How did Jebe and Subodei lead the raid into Georgia?
(a) The Dog Fight strategy.
(b) The Arrow Waterfall strategy.
(c) The Flaming Rain strategy.
(d) The Bursting Star strategy.

14. How many schools are recorded as being created during the reign of Khubilai Khan?
(a) 10,542.
(b) 31,545.
(c) 5,434
(d) 20,166.

15. How many criminals were executed during the three decades of Khubilai's rule?
(a) More than 3,000.
(b) Less than 2,500.
(c) Less than 1,500.
(d) More than 3,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. What land did Subodei wish to invade, when he was about sixty?

2. How many people did Mongke execute within Ogodei's lineage?

3. What is a paiza?

4. What happened if a Mongol, under Khubilai, declared bankruptcy more than two times?

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

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