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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gem was most admired by the Mongol peoples?

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

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

4. When did Sokhokhtani die?

5. When did the Ottomans conquer Constantinople?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Bayan?

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

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

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

6. What happened to Professor Lkhagvasuren's teacher?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Jamuka? Why is Jamuka so important to Genghis Khan? Trace the major events and occurrences between the two men, and be sure to cite in what ways they developed as adults. What happened to Jamuka?

Essay Topic 2

What was the role of the Mongol empire in China? What did Genghis Khan and Khubilai Khan do for China that nobody had done before? What results did this produce for China? What effects were good, which were bad, and why? What lasting impressions of the Mongol empire are seen today? What aspects of the Mongol invasion were wiped from Chinese memory, and why? What is the general feeling towards Genghis Khan in China today?

Essay Topic 3

What was the bubonic plague? What effect did it have on the Mongol empire? Explore this in depth, using support from the book to detail the many ways in which the bubonic plague effected the Mongol empire.

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