2. Who was the first person Guyuk attacked, in 1246, as a display of his power as khan?
(a) Toregene.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Friar Carpini.
(d) Sorkhokhtani.

3. What land did Subodei wish to invade, when he was about sixty?
(a) Persia.
(b) China.
(c) Europe.
(d) India.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Khubilai assign the task of creating a single alphabet that could be used to write all the languages in the world?

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

3. Who was the envoy appointed to meet King Edward the I of England?

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

5. What was life in Xanadu, during 1332?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened on February 14, 1349?

2. What effect did the Mongols have on the literary arts in China?

3. After the Mongols destroyed the Hungarian army, they were able to probe Vienna. Though scared, some Hapsburg troops captured a Mongol officer. What was strange about him?

4. How did Matthew Paris link the Mongols to the Jewish people?

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

6. What was special about the mare's milk for Khubilai and his court?

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

8. What a blitzkrieg?

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

10. What happened to Professor Lkhagvasuren's teacher?

(see the answer keys)

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