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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What people did Jebe and Khasar find amongst the Khitan people?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Fierce opposition.
(d) A longstanding rivalry.

2. As a child, what was Genghis Khan afraid of?
(a) Heights.
(b) Dogs.
(c) The dark.
(d) Snakes.

3. How did Plano di Carpini explain Genghis Khan's death?
(a) He said Genghis Khan was struck by lightning.
(b) He said Genghis Khan was wounded by an arrow.
(c) He said Genghis Khan was poisoned.
(d) He said Genghis Khan was killed by a magical spell.

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

5. How did Temujin begin his attack on the Naiman, outside of Burkhan Khaldun?
(a) All of his units went racing to attack at once.
(b) He used archers to wound from remote places.
(c) The Tumbleweed Formation.
(d) The Lightning Formation.

6. After their split in 1181, what year did Temujin decide he wanted the title of khan?
(a) 1185.
(b) 1182.
(c) 1189.
(d) 1190.

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

8. What kind of education did Genghis Khan receive?
(a) Genghis Khan took a few years of classes in his village.
(b) Genghis Khan went to school as an adult, to catch up.
(c) He traveled to learn from a teacher when he was a teenager.
(d) He recieved no formal education.

9. Resulting from this third vow of brotherhood with Jamuka, what did Temujin need to learn how to do?
(a) Learn the ways of a hunter.
(b) Overpower Jamuka's followers.
(c) Learn the ways of a herder.
(d) Nothing, Temujin's way of life was just the same as before.

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

11. Genghis Khan attempted to repair the breech between Jochi and Chagahatai by assigning them to a campaign against which city?
(a) Mangit.
(b) Urgench.
(c) Nukus.
(d) Herat.

12. What is a deel?
(a) The saddle a Mongol rides upon.
(b) The flints a soldier carries for fire.
(c) The traditional Mongol robe.
(d) The canteens a soldier carries for water.

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

14. On a modern map, how many countries did Genghis Khan conquer?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 25.
(d) 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Borte die?

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

3. Previous to 1937, where was Genghis Khan's soul?

4. What was the largest kingdom in China in the thirteenth century?

5. Who was one of the most valuable resources to come of the Khitan people?

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