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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gave the Jurched power over the steppe?
(a) Their military prowess.
(b) Their advanced technology.
(c) Their superior politicians.
(d) Their control over goods from China.

2. What year did the Jurched claim a new Golden Khan and demand the submission of Genghis Khan?
(a) 1210.
(b) 1215.
(c) 1206.
(d) 1200.

3. What happened to Jamuka, after the battle between the Mongols and the Naimen?
(a) Jamuka was accepted back into Temujin's clan as his brother.
(b) Jamuka escaped, but lived as an outcast.
(c) Jamuka was accepted back into Temujin's clan, but as his subordinate.
(d) Jamuka was successful.

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

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

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

7. In the Khuriltai, Genghis Khan called to discuss his succession. Who was the first son invited to speak after Genghis Khan?
(a) Tolui.
(b) Ogodei.
(c) Jochi.
(d) Chaghatai.

8. Which profession had to pay taxes under Genghis Khan?
(a) Priests.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Teachers.

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

10. The night before his decisive battle with the Naiman, Temujin asked his soldiers to sleep soundly. What happened to many of the Naiman men?
(a) Temujin picked men off, one by one, all through the night.
(b) Many of the fleeing Naimen were pursued by Jamuka.
(c) Many of the fleeing Naiman fell off a cliff.
(d) Temujin lit many fires, so it would seem like he had more men.

11. Who prompted the break with Jamuka's clan in 1181?
(a) The old woman of the tribe.
(b) Hoelun.
(c) Borte.
(d) Temujin.

12. What were the last words of a fallen Mongol soldier?
(a) All honor to Ghengis Khan.
(b) Eternal Blue Sky.
(c) I die in glory for the Khan.
(d) Glory to the Great Khan.

13. When a warrior dies, where does his soul go?
(a) His Spirit Banner.
(b) The wind.
(c) The sun.
(d) The sky.

14. What was different about Borte, once she was rescued?
(a) Borte was pregnant.
(b) Borte was depressed.
(c) Borte was disfigured.
(d) Borte deflected to the Merkids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What means "strong, firm, unshakable and fearless" in Mongol?

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

3. As a compromise, who was named successor to Genghis Khan?

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

5. How did the Mongol army kill, during battle?

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