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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Decameron?
(a) Cardinal Basilios Bessarion.
(b) Giovanni Boccaccio.
(c) Poggio Bracciolini.
(d) Leon Battista Alberti.

2. By what year did the Mongol method of currency become worthless in China?
(a) 1346.
(b) 1362.
(c) 1356.
(d) 1352.

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

4. How many priests did Khubilai request the Marco brothers send to the Mongol courts?
(a) 100.
(b) 10.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1.

5. When did the Ottomans conquer Constantinople?
(a) 1453.
(b) 1353.
(c) 1543.
(d) 1443.

Short Answer Questions

1. Western scholars have designated the fourteenth century as what?

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

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

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

5. What is airak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What three inventions did Francis Bacon recognize as the foundation of modern world? Why is this important?

2. How did the Mongols keep numerical track of everything they obtained?

3. How did the Mongols adapt the Chinese printing practices?

4. What was the first book written in English, and what did it say about Genghis Khan?

5. Why did the Golden Family back Arik Boke instead of Khubilai?

6. What happened to the Mongol forces after they severely harmed the samurai warriors?

7. Why did the Mongols face from 1250 - 1270?

8. How did the people of the city-states of Russia interpret the victory of the Mongols?

9. For most of the twentieth century, who maintained Mongolia?

10. Where did the research team of Jack Weatherford finish their search? What is symbolic about it?

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