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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. Who prompted the break with Jamuka's clan in 1181?

3. Who was charged with the care of the Mongol homeland whilst Genghis Khan was campaigning in central Asia?

4. Whom did Temujin ask for help, after the kidnapping of Borte?

5. Who, in 1228, tied 400 Mongol prisoners to horses and dragged them through the streets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the most distinctive thing about Genghis Khan's Great Law, particularly in contrast with western European monarchs?

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

3. How did Jack Weatherford begin his research?

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

5. Describe the Ikh Khorig.

6. What was troublesome about Borte's first pregnancy?

7. What are the Five Snouts?

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

9. In a letter from Genghis Khan to a Taoist monk in China, what was Genghis Khan's opinion of himself near the end of his life show?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Ong Khan? What was his relationship with Genghis Khan? Describe how the two men came to know each other, and the relationship that formed. Highlight all the important historical events between the two men, and what happened at the end of Ong Khan's life.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways do you see the impact of the Mongols, the Mongol Empire, Genghis Khan and Khubilai Khan in the world today? How can you identify those aspects? How can we attribute these bits of the modern world to the Mongols? Be sure to use specific examples of what comes from the Mongols, and why.

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