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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 happened to the consensual councils in China, after the Mongols were no longer in power?

2. What did the Mongols believe Friar Carpini brought to them?

3. What year did China fall from Mongol rule?

4. What happened when Mongol prisoners were freed after their prison sentence, under Khubilai?

5. The Ming briefly moved the capital city of China to what place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Nicolaus of Cusa?

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

3. What happened on February 14, 1349?

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

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

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

7. After the Mongols destroyed the Hungarian army, they were able to probe Vienna. Though scared, some Hapsburg troops captured a Mongol officer. What was strange about him?

8. What was special about the mare's milk for Khubilai and his court?

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

10. What happened to Professor Lkhagvasuren's teacher?

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

How did Genghis Khan build his army? What methods and tactics did he use that distinguished him from other khans? How did he learn those things? How did Genghis Khan organize his army? What benefits did he glean from his organizational structure? How did he command so many people? How did they communicate? How did Genghis Khan win the loyalty of so many people? Describe Genghis Khan's army in any and all of these terms, and more as you see fit.

Essay Topic 3

How did the Mongol empire effect agriculture in their world? Do those advances or changes have any lasting effect in the modern world? What did the Mongols do to agriculture to change it? What other benefits resulted from those changes? What agriculturally-related laws and rules did the Mongols contribute?

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