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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. Under the kinship hierarchy, what is each linage known by?

2. Resulting from this third vow of brotherhood with Jamuka, what did Temujin need to learn how to do?

3. On a modern map, how many countries did Genghis Khan conquer?

4. What did the Mongol officials demand from Korean subjects in 1221?

5. As a child, what was Genghis Khan afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What revenge tactic did Jmauka employ that severely harmed his image after one of Tejumin's followers murdered one of Jamuka's kinsmen?

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

4. What is group responsibility and group guilt?

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

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

7. What was the Baljuna Covenant?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What effects did the Mongol empire have on Europe? What did the Mongol empire provide to Europe that nobody had done before? What resulted in Europe because of the Mongol presence? What impressions of the Mongol empire can be seen in Europe today?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What was happening in the Mongol Empire just before Genghis Khan died? How did Genghis Khan die? How did Genghis Khan try to handle his succession? What actually happened after Genghis Khan passed?

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