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

2. What happened when Mongol prisoners were freed after their prison sentence, under Khubilai?
(a) Prisoners were always sentenced to death.
(b) More torture.
(c) They went on parole.
(d) They were banished.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which faith did Ogodei fail to build a house for?

2. In what way did the Mongols change the rank of a merchant?

3. What was Kerchagan?

4. How did Marco Polo describe the money in circulation under Khubilai?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What geographically hindered the Mongols from full victory in Europe?

2. Why and how did the Mongols promote education in China?

3. What happened on February 14, 1349?

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

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

6. What happened to Professor Lkhagvasuren's teacher?

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

8. What happened to Arik Boke that caused the end of his life?

9. How did Mongke Khan die?

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

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