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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 was one of the most valuable resources to come of the Khitan people?

2. What happened the first time Genghis Khan diverted the Yellow River to flood the Tangut?

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

4. Why did Temujin decide to break with Jamuka's clan in 1181?

5. What was Temujin's first reaction when first reunited with Borte, as she grabbed his reigns?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was in the caravan Genghis Khan sent to the sultan of Khwarizm?

3. Describe the steppe.

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

5. What was the Baljuna Covenant?

6. What did Jamuka offer Temujin in death?

7. 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?

8. What are the Five Snouts?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What was the bubonic plague? What effect did it have on the Mongol empire? Explore this in depth, using support from the book to detail the many ways in which the bubonic plague effected the Mongol empire.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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