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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Warring Queens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is naadam?
(a) The traditional food of the Mongols.
(b) The traditional games of the Mongols.
(c) The traditional songs of the Mongols.
(d) The traditional way of throat-singing of the Mongols.

2. When was the final battle for control over Mongolia?
(a) 1200, the Year of the Llama.
(b) 1206, the Year of the Bear.
(c) 1204, the Year of the Rat.
(d) 1202, the Year of the Rooster.

3. Who was the first person Guyuk attacked, in 1246, as a display of his power as khan?
(a) Sorkhokhtani.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Toregene.
(d) Friar Carpini.

4. How did Temujin and his nineteen men survive starvation on the muddy Lake Balujna?
(a) Boiled camel.
(b) Boiled horseflesh.
(c) Roots and bugs.
(d) Mud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened the first time Genghis Khan diverted the Yellow River to flood the Tangut?

2. What did Genghis Khan do when he was asked to submit to the Jurched and the new Golden Khan?

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

4. When was Genghis Khan born?

5. How did the Mongols traditionally begin and measure construction?

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