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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 was Kerchagan?

2. When did the Ottomans conquer Constantinople?

3. In 1263, Khubilai began the construction of what important building?

4. Who penned the first known encyclopedia of natural history, in France?

5. Out of approximately 500 plays from the Yuan dynasty, how many survive today?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened on February 14, 1349?

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

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

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

8. Who was Nicolaus of Cusa?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Genghis Khan like as a child? Trace his major accomplishments as a young man, and how he developed into a leader. Who was Genghis Khan when he died?

Essay Topic 2

What was the Silk Road? Who controlled the Silk Road before Genghis Khan, and what was its condition? How did Genghis Khan finally control the Silk Road? What did he do to it? Why is the Silk Road so important?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Ong Khan? What was his relationship with Genghis Khan? Describe how the two men came to know each other, and the relationship that formed. Highlight all the important historical events between the two men, and what happened at the end of Ong Khan's life.

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