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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. In what way did the Mongols change the rank of a merchant?

2. How long did it take Friar Giovanni of Plano Carpini to travel to the Mongol court?

3. What did Khubilai change his name to in 1264?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Arik Boke that caused the end of his life?

2. Why and how did the Mongols promote education in China?

3. What was superior about the Chinese paper over the parchment made by Europeans?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What happened to Professor Lkhagvasuren's teacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What effects did the Mongol empire have on Europe? What did the Mongol empire provide to Europe that nobody had done before? What resulted in Europe because of the Mongol presence? What impressions of the Mongol empire can be seen in Europe today?

Essay Topic 3

What was happening in the Mongol Empire just before Genghis Khan died? How did Genghis Khan die? How did Genghis Khan try to handle his succession? What actually happened after Genghis Khan passed?

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