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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. How did Temjin take the throne after the important khuriltai?

3. What notable geographical area did Genghis Khan have to cross to get to the Jurched in 1211?

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

5. What year did Temujin call the khuriltai that was to be "the most important ever in steppe history?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Guchlug?

2. How did Genghis Khan's men prepare for the great hunting celebration during the winter of 1222 - 1223? How did they gather the animals together?

3. How did Jack Weatherford begin his research?

4. What are the Five Snouts?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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