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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. What was the first thing the Mongol soldiers did every morning when they broke camp?
(a) They prayed to Genghis Khan.
(b) They had a meeting and discussed the next day.
(c) They put out the night's fires and rode on.
(d) A quick reconissance of the left, right, back, and front.

2. What means "strong, firm, unshakable and fearless" in Mongol?
(a) Ong.
(b) Jin.
(c) Chin.
(d) Geng.

3. Previous to 1937, where was Genghis Khan's soul?
(a) A Buddhist monastery in central Mongolia.
(b) Persia.
(c) Germany.
(d) In the Forbidden City.

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

5. Who was charged with the care of the Mongol homeland whilst Genghis Khan was campaigning in central Asia?
(a) Temuge Otchigen.
(b) Bamiain.
(c) Mutugen.
(d) Chaghatai.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not carried by every soldier in the Mongol army?

2. How long did the Mongol men, women, and children separately fast and pray to decide if they were going to war with the Golden Khan and the Jurched?

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

4. What were Mongol soldiers forbidden to speak about?

5. Who fashioned the borders of Korea and India?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Guchlug?

2. How did the governor of Khwarizm receive Genghis Khan's caravan? How did the sultan of Khwarizm respond?

3. What was the result of Temujin's raid with Ong Khan against the Tartars?

4. What was the Great Law of Genghis Khan?

5. Describe the steppe.

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

7. Differentiate between Genghis Khan's white banner and black banner. What did each represent, and what happened to each?

8. How did Jack Weatherford begin his research?

9. What was the Baljuna Covenant?

10. What happened in the winter of 1226 - 1227 when Genghis Khan stopped on his way across the Gobi to hunt wild horses?

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