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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In capturing a new city, such as those in the Khwarizm empire, whom of the following did Genghis Khan execute?

2. What gave the Jurched power over the steppe?

3. What were the last words of a fallen Mongol soldier?

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

5. What year did Genghis Khan die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the Ikh Khorig.

5. What are the Five Snouts?

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

7. Describe the steppe.

8. What was the Baljuna Covenant?

9. What was Genghis Khan's stance on adultery?

10. Who was Botohui-tarhun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the spirituality of Genghis Khan. What religion did he practice? What customs or traditions distinguishes that religion? Which are important to Genghis Khan, and why? How was religion incorporated into the warrior life? How was it possible for Genghis Khan and the Mongols to exercise religious tolerance?

Essay Topic 2

What was the role of the Mongol empire in China? What did Genghis Khan and Khubilai Khan do for China that nobody had done before? What results did this produce for China? What effects were good, which were bad, and why? What lasting impressions of the Mongol empire are seen today? What aspects of the Mongol invasion were wiped from Chinese memory, and why? What is the general feeling towards Genghis Khan in China today?

Essay Topic 3

How did the Mongol empire effect agriculture in their world? Do those advances or changes have any lasting effect in the modern world? What did the Mongols do to agriculture to change it? What other benefits resulted from those changes? What agriculturally-related laws and rules did the Mongols contribute?

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