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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. How long did it take Friar Giovanni of Plano Carpini to travel to the Mongol court?
(a) A year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) 106 days.

2. How did Ogodei influence merchants to seek him out?
(a) Ogodei would kill merchants who didn't seek him out.
(b) Ogodei would punish the families of the merchants who didn't seek him out.
(c) Ogodei often paid twice as much as the asking price.
(d) Ogodei adopted many merchants into his family.

3. As the Mongol empire began to fall down, who in central Asia claimed to be a descendant of Genghis Khan?
(a) Khan Züdei.
(b) Sayyid Barakah.
(c) Emir Timur.
(d) Enkhe Khan.

4. What gem was most admired by the Mongol peoples?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Rubys.
(d) Sapphires.

5. Who penned the first known encyclopedia of natural history, in France?
(a) Andrea Cesalpino.
(b) Comte de Buffon.
(c) Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
(d) Carolus Linnaeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an effort to improve the lives of farmers and their crops, Khubilai created what office in 1261?

2. Who was the highest-ranking European delegate at Toregene's gathering in 1246?

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

4. Who ruled the Moghuls from 1556 until 1608, the zenith of that empire?

5. How did Guyuk die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened on February 14, 1349?

5. 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?

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

7. How did Mongke Khan die?

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

9. Why did the clerics suppose the Mongols were going to ride on Cologne? What happened in 1164 that made them think that way?

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

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