Q 01/05

What record does the Mongol Empire hold in world history?

A) Longest-lasting realm ever

B) Most populous realm ever

C) Largest realm by any measure

D) Largest contiguous land realm ever

Answer · why

D) Largest contiguous land realm ever

At its height it stretched from the Sea of Japan to Eastern Europe; the British Empire was larger overall but scattered across oceans.

Q 02/05

What was Genghis Khan's birth name?

A) Jamukha

B) Yesugei

C) Temüjin

D) Toghrul

Answer · why

C) Temüjin

He was born around 1162; his father Yesugei was poisoned by Tatars and the family was abandoned on the steppe.

Q 03/05

In what year did a kurultai proclaim Temüjin ruler of all the Mongols?

A) 1206

B) 1215

C) 1227

D) 1241

Answer · why

A) 1206

The shaman Teb Tenggeri proclaimed him khan of the Great Mongol Nation; the meaning of the title Genghis is still uncertain.

Q 04/05

What is a kurultai?

A) A mounted archery contest

B) A Mongol assembly that elected khans

C) A Mongol siege engine

D) A felt tent for the khan

Answer · why

B) A Mongol assembly that elected khans

All princes of Genghis's line had to attend one to choose a successor, which is why armies withdrew when a great khan died.

Q 05/05

Genghis Khan reorganised the army and society on what numerical system?

A) Decimal units of tens, hundreds and thousands

B) Duodecimal units of twelve and 144

C) Units of seven based on the Pleiades

D) Units of forty and four hundred

Answer · why

A) Decimal units of tens, hundreds and thousands

Favoured followers, some of low birth, were given command of ninety-five minqad, units of a thousand.