Q 01/05

What record does the Mongol Empire hold in world history?

A) Longest-lasting realm ever

B) Most populous realm ever

C) First realm on three continents

D) Largest contiguous land realm ever

Answer · why

D) Largest contiguous land realm ever

Largest contiguous land realm ever: it ran unbroken from the Sea of Japan to Eastern Europe, while the larger British Empire was scattered across ocea...

Q 02/05

What was Genghis Khan's birth name?

A) Bekter

B) Yesugei

C) Temüjin

D) Toghrul

Answer · why

C) Temüjin

Temüjin was still a boy when Tatars poisoned his father Yesugei; the clan then abandoned the family, who survived by hunting and foraging on the stepp...

Q 03/05

How did Genghis Khan come to rule the Mongols?

A) Inheriting the throne

B) Uniting the tribes

C) A royal marriage

D) A Chinese decree

Answer · why

B) Uniting the tribes

Uniting the tribes came first: he was proclaimed ruler of all the Mongols in 1206, and his great conquests abroad came only after that.

Q 04/05

What is a kurultai?

A) A mounted archery contest

B) A Mongol assembly that elected khans

C) A Mongol siege engine for hurling stones

D) A felt tent for the khan

Answer · why

B) A Mongol assembly that elected khans

A Mongol assembly that elected khans, it needed the princes of Genghis's line in attendance, so one prince who stayed away could stall the choice of a...

Q 05/05

Genghis Khan organised his army on what numerical system?

A) Decimal units of tens, hundreds and thousands

B) Duodecimal units of twelve and 144

C) Units of nine and eighty-one

D) Units of forty and four hundred

Answer · why

A) Decimal units of tens, hundreds and thousands

Decimal units of tens, hundreds and thousands were led on merit: command went to proven followers, some of them low-born, rather than to the seniors o...