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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Genghis Khan finally descended upon Khwarizm, how many Mongols did he have in his command?
(a) 50,000 - 75,000.
(b) 150,000 - 175,000.
(c) 200,000 - 215,000.
(d) 100,000 - 125,000.

2. When did Borte die?
(a) 1218.
(b) Between 1220 and 1223.
(c) Between 1219 and 1224
(d) 1225.

3. In the year 1203, Temujin wished to resolve his rivalry with Jamuka and clarify his position with Ong Khan by what means?
(a) Temujin offered one of his daughters to Ong Khan as a wife.
(b) Temujin asked Ong Khan to marry one of his daughters.
(c) Temujin gave Ong Khan a beautiful sable fur.
(d) Temujin asked Ong Khan to have the khan's daughter marry Temujin's son, Jochi.

4. Who influenced Ong Khan's decision in 1203 to deny Temujin?
(a) Jamuka.
(b) Senggum.
(c) Temujin.
(d) Jochi.

5. After his third vow of brotherhood with Jamuka, what did Temujin do?
(a) Took one of Jamuka's wives as his own.
(b) Make an alliance with Jamuka, but remain in the mountains.
(c) Merge his family with Jamuka.
(d) Immediately overthrew Jamuka.

6. What unit made up the entire Mongol army?
(a) The cavalry.
(b) Longbowmen.
(c) Infantry.
(d) Axe Throwers.

7. Realizing he made a mistake in his refusal of Temujin, Ong Khan decided to do what?
(a) Allow Jochi to marry one of his daughters.
(b) Take Temujin's daughter as a wife.
(c) Trick Temujin and kill him.
(d) Allow Temujin to marry one of his daughters.

8. How did Temjin take the throne after the important khuriltai?
(a) He walked on the hands of his followers.
(b) He was carried on a carpet above the heads of his followers.
(c) He rode his horse to the throne.
(d) He was carried one by one, by his followers, to the throne.

9. Which of the following was not a torture technique used by the famous Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa?
(a) Waterboarding.
(b) Soldiers playing with severed heads like balls.
(c) Putting children in catapults.
(d) Pulling limbs off prisoners in front of their comrades.

10. How long did the joint campaign of Jochi and Chagahatai take?
(a) One week.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

11. What two parts did the Mongols divide the natural world into?
(a) Right and wrong.
(b) Light and Dark.
(c) Earth and sky.
(d) Black and white.

12. Who was Mutugen?
(a) Ghengis Khan's favorite grand-son.
(b) A leader of the Nishapur.
(c) A leader of the Bamian.
(d) Chaghatai's arch-nemesis.

13. In capturing a new city, such as those in the Khwarizm empire, whom of the following did Genghis Khan execute?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Smiths.
(c) People without occupation.
(d) Carpenters.

14. 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.

15. Who drove the Mongols out of power in India?
(a) The people of Pakistan.
(b) The British.
(c) The Koreans.
(d) The people of India.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night before his decisive battle with the Naiman, Temujin asked his soldiers to sleep soundly. What happened to many of the Naiman men?

2. What year did Genghis Khan start out west, towards Khwarizm?

3. Who prompted the break with Jamuka's clan in 1181?

4. When a warrior dies, where does his soul go?

5. Whom did Temujin ask for help, after the kidnapping of Borte?

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