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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had henchmen execute approximately thirty thousand Mongols in the 1930s?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Hitler.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

3. What does a Spirit Banner proclaim?
(a) Religion.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Identity.
(d) Power.

4. What was the newly-named Genghis Khan's first new law?
(a) He forbade the kidnapping of women.
(b) He streamlined hunting rights.
(c) He gave all of his people religious freedom.
(d) He legitimized all children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Temujin call the khuriltai that was to be "the most important ever in steppe history?"

2. What was the first thing the Mongol soldiers did every morning when they broke camp?

3. What year did the Jurched claim a new Golden Khan and demand the submission of Genghis Khan?

4. How did Plano di Carpini explain Genghis Khan's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Genghis Khan's men prepare for the great hunting celebration during the winter of 1222 - 1223? How did they gather the animals together?

2. How did the people of Kashgar feel about the Mongols?

3. Genghis Khan opened his succession khuriltai by citing a fable. Summarize the fable Genghis Khan told.

4. How did Jack Weatherford begin his research?

5. What is group responsibility and group guilt?

6. What conditions did the research team endure during their research of Genghis Khan?

7. Who dressed Genghis Khan after he passed, and how was his funeral handled?

8. What was the Great Law of Genghis Khan?

9. What did Jamuka offer Temujin in death?

10. What is "The Secret History of the Mongols," and where was it finally found?

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