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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What people did Jebe and Khasar find amongst the Khitan people?
(a) Indifference.
(b) A longstanding rivalry.
(c) Fierce opposition.
(d) Loyalty.

2. When was Genghis Khan born?
(a) 1142.
(b) 1172.
(c) 1162.
(d) 1152.

3. Where in the formation did Genghis Khan ride?
(a) In the center.
(b) In the back.
(c) To the left.
(d) To the right.

4. Under the kinship hierarchy, what is each linage known by?
(a) Spirit banners.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Hair.
(d) Bones.

5. How did Temujin and his nineteen men survive starvation on the muddy Lake Balujna?
(a) Boiled camel.
(b) Boiled horseflesh.
(c) Mud.
(d) Roots and bugs.

6. After his third vow of brotherhood with Jamuka, what did Temujin do?
(a) Took one of Jamuka's wives as his own.
(b) Merge his family with Jamuka.
(c) Make an alliance with Jamuka, but remain in the mountains.
(d) Immediately overthrew Jamuka.

7. What happened to Jamuka, after the battle between the Mongols and the Naimen?
(a) Jamuka was accepted back into Temujin's clan, but as his subordinate.
(b) Jamuka escaped, but lived as an outcast.
(c) Jamuka was successful.
(d) Jamuka was accepted back into Temujin's clan as his brother.

8. What year did Temujin call the khuriltai that was to be "the most important ever in steppe history?"
(a) 1205.
(b) 1208.
(c) 1206.
(d) 1200.

9. When there was no time to cook, how did Mongol soldiers prepare their meat?
(a) They did not eat meat, only grains.
(b) They dipped it in alcohol.
(c) They ate it raw.
(d) They put it under their saddles.

10. For how long, after Genghis Khan's death, did his empire continue to grow?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 200 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 50 years.

11. Where did Temujin hide when he was raided by the Merkids?
(a) The forest of Mount Burkhan Khaldun.
(b) Downstream in the Kherlen River.
(c) The steppe.
(d) With Ong Khan.

12. Who killed Genghis Khan's older half-brother?
(a) Borte.
(b) Hoelun.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Chiledu.

13. What happened the first time Genghis Khan diverted the Yellow River to flood the Tangut?
(a) He was not able to divert the river at all.
(b) He diverted the river but it flooded empty land.
(c) He diverted the river and captured the Tangut.
(d) He diverted the river, but flooded his own camp instead.

14. What does it mean for a Mongol to remove his sash or belt?
(a) He is challenging the Gods.
(b) He is deflecting from society.
(c) He is just getting undressed.
(d) It removes his identity and strength.

15. In the year 1203, Temujin wished to resolve his rivalry with Jamuka and clarify his position with Ong Khan by what means?
(a) Temujin gave Ong Khan a beautiful sable fur.
(b) Temujin asked Ong Khan to marry one of his daughters.
(c) Temujin offered one of his daughters to Ong Khan as a wife.
(d) Temujin asked Ong Khan to have the khan's daughter marry Temujin's son, Jochi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drove the Mongols out of power in India?

2. After their split in 1181, what year did Temujin decide he wanted the title of khan?

3. In capturing a new city, such as those in the Khwarizm empire, whom of the following did Genghis Khan execute?

4. What is naadam?

5. What was the newly-named Genghis Khan's first new law?

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