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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, the Global Awakening, 1262-1962, Chapter 8, Khubilai Khan and the New Mongol Empire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were orders transmitted through the ranks?
(a) Orders were written.
(b) Orally and in rhyme.
(c) Orally.
(d) Written and in rhyme.

2. Who wrote "Kamil fi at-tarikh," also known as "The Complete History" or "The Perfect History?"
(a) Nihat Ergün.
(b) Abdüllatif Şener.
(c) Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed.
(d) Ibn al-Athir.

3. What name did the family of Genghis Khan take around the summer of 1229?
(a) The Giant Family.
(b) The Great Family.
(c) The Generous Family.
(d) The Golden Family.

4. Who called the first khuriltai after Guyuk died?
(a) Mongke.
(b) Oghul Ghaimish.
(c) Sorhokhtani.
(d) Batu Khan.

5. What became of Khanbalik, also known as Dadu?
(a) It is now known as Shanghai
(b) It is now known as Beijing.
(c) It was destroyed in 1357.
(d) It is now known as Seoul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it mean for a Mongol to remove his sash or belt?

2. Where did Genghis Khan get the idea to write down his laws?

3. What did the Mongol women do while the men were on the battlefield?

4. Who had henchmen execute approximately thirty thousand Mongols in the 1930s?

5. Who killed Genghis Khan's older half-brother?

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