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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. Who had henchmen execute approximately thirty thousand Mongols in the 1930s?

2. Who wrote "Kamil fi at-tarikh," also known as "The Complete History" or "The Perfect History?"

3. Who, of historical import, was killed in the Nishapur revolt?

4. What year did Genghis Khan die?

5. In the year 1203, Temujin wished to resolve his rivalry with Jamuka and clarify his position with Ong Khan by what means?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Ikh Khorig.

3. 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?

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

5. What happened as soon as the Mongols withdrew from the newly conquered Jurched territory?

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

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

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

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

10. What was the Baljuna Covenant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Jamuka? Why is Jamuka so important to Genghis Khan? Trace the major events and occurrences between the two men, and be sure to cite in what ways they developed as adults. What happened to Jamuka?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How did Genghis Khan build his army? What methods and tactics did he use that distinguished him from other khans? How did he learn those things? How did Genghis Khan organize his army? What benefits did he glean from his organizational structure? How did he command so many people? How did they communicate? How did Genghis Khan win the loyalty of so many people? Describe Genghis Khan's army in any and all of these terms, and more as you see fit.

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