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

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

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

4. How many tons of goods did the Mongols move in 1329?
(a) 210,000 tons.
(b) 150,000 tons.
(c) 327,000 tons.
(d) 100,000 tons.

5. Who was ruler of the central steppe, during Khubilai's reign?
(a) Helegu.
(b) Nanjing.
(c) Khaidu.
(d) Ogodei.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the people living in the Hopei Province died in 1331?

2. Where did Hulegu rule during Khubilai's reign?

3. What name did the family of Genghis Khan take around the summer of 1229?

4. What did the reliance on imported goods reflect in feudal Europe?

5. The best we know, where did Black Death originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Nicolaus of Cusa?

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

3. What was in the tea Khubilai drank the morning after a long night of celebration, and what did it do?

4. What happened to Professor Lkhagvasuren's teacher?

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

6. What happened on February 14, 1349?

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

8. What do "generous scholars" attribute to Khubilai's frequent delays during the war with the Sung?

9. What happened to the slaves sold to the Italians by the Mongols? Where did they come from and what would they do in a short twenty years?

10. What was superior about the Chinese paper over the parchment made by Europeans?

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