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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 did Khubilai change his name to in 1264?

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

3. How many people did Mongke execute within Ogodei's lineage?

4. How many members of the Golden Family occupied the throne between the years of 1328 and 1332?

5. What was Kerchagan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Nicolaus of Cusa?

2. Who was Bayan?

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

4. How did the Soviets adapt Genghis Khan's battle tactics in World War II?

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

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

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

8. What a blitzkrieg?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who were Genghis Khan's four sons? What were there personalities? What role did each play in the making of history? Be specific and use details from the book to paint your family portrait.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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