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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Their Golden Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Western scholars have designated the fourteenth century as what?
(a) The Pax Mongolica.
(b) The Silken Era.
(c) The age of the Bubonic Terror.
(d) The Golden Age of Europe.

2. Who was Sorkhokhtani?
(a) The widow of Chaghatai and ruler of Asia and Turkestan.
(b) The ruler of Persia.
(c) The widow of Tolui and ruler of northern China and eastern Mongolia.
(d) The ruler of Mongolia.

3. Where did Temujin hide when he was raided by the Merkids?
(a) The forest of Mount Burkhan Khaldun.
(b) With Ong Khan.
(c) Downstream in the Kherlen River.
(d) The steppe.

4. When was Genghis Khan born?
(a) 1152.
(b) 1162.
(c) 1142.
(d) 1172.

5. Under the kinship hierarchy, what is each linage known by?
(a) Spirit banners.
(b) Bones.
(c) Hair.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many priests did Khubilai request the Marco brothers send to the Mongol courts?

2. What is a khuriltai?

3. How long did Guyuk serve as the Great Khan?

4. Where in the formation did Genghis Khan ride?

5. What is a she?

(see the answer key)

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