View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 killed by a magical spell.
(c) He said Genghis Khan was wounded by an arrow.
(d) He said Genghis Khan was poisoned.

2. When was Genghis Khan born?
(a) 1152.
(b) 1162.
(c) 1142.
(d) 1172.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not a torture technique used by the famous Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa?

2. What happened to Jamuka, after the battle between the Mongols and the Naimen?

3. Where did Temujin hide when he was raided by the Merkids?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the steppe.

2. What are the Five Snouts?

3. What did Jamuka offer Temujin in death?

4. What made Temujin turn to Mount Burkhan Khaldun in prayer?

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

6. How did Ong Khan respond to Temujin's first khuriltai?

7. What was in the caravan Genghis Khan sent to the sultan of Khwarizm?

8. 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?

9. Describe the Ikh Khorig.

10. How did Genghis Khan quickly depopulate an area, and for what strategic purpose?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 774 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample