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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 unit made up the entire Mongol army?

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

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

4. What is another name for a Spirit Banner?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What was troublesome about Borte's first pregnancy?

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

6. What is group responsibility and group guilt?

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

8. How did Jack Weatherford begin his research?

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

10. Who was Guchlug?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the role of women in the Mongol empire? How did it change from the early days to later, as the empire expanded? How were women treated? In your response, please cite notable women in the Mongol empire, highlighting their contributions to the advancement of the Mongols. Finally, discuss what happened to some of the more notable women of the Mongol empire. Were any honored, and why? Who was punished, why were they persecuted, and how were they tortured?

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 was the Silk Road? Who controlled the Silk Road before Genghis Khan, and what was its condition? How did Genghis Khan finally control the Silk Road? What did he do to it? Why is the Silk Road so important?

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