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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. What was the first thing the Mongol soldiers did every morning when they broke camp?

2. What means "strong, firm, unshakable and fearless" in Mongol?

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

4. Where did Genghis Khan get the idea to write down his laws?

5. When was Genghis Khan born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Guchlug?

4. What is "The Secret History of the Mongols," and where was it finally found?

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

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

7. Who dressed Genghis Khan after he passed, and how was his funeral handled?

8. How did Genghis Khan quickly depopulate an area, and for what strategic purpose?

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

10. Who was Botohui-tarhun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Ong Khan? What was his relationship with Genghis Khan? Describe how the two men came to know each other, and the relationship that formed. Highlight all the important historical events between the two men, and what happened at the end of Ong Khan's life.

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

What was the role of the Mongol empire in China? What did Genghis Khan and Khubilai Khan do for China that nobody had done before? What results did this produce for China? What effects were good, which were bad, and why? What lasting impressions of the Mongol empire are seen today? What aspects of the Mongol invasion were wiped from Chinese memory, and why? What is the general feeling towards Genghis Khan in China today?

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