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Genghis Khan was born around 1162 near which river in northern Mongolia?Read the answer and worked solution →What was Genghis Khan's birth name?Read the answer and worked solution →Temujin's father Yesugei was chieftain of which group of families?Read the answer and worked solution →Which blood-brother of Temujin later became his hostile foe?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did an assembly proclaim Temujin the Great Khan, Genghis Khan?Read the answer and worked solution →The assembly of Mongol chieftains that took collective decisions was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which dynasty of the Jurchen ruled north China from Peking when Genghis Khan attacked?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongols sacked Peking in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ruler of Khwarazm executed Mongol envoys and provoked Genghis Khan's invasion?Read the answer and worked solution →A Mongol prince died besieging which city, so Genghis ordered it laid waste?Read the answer and worked solution →Baghdad fell to the Mongols in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →At the banks of which river did Genghis Khan drop the idea of returning home through North India?Read the answer and worked solution →Genghis Khan died in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest Mongol army unit of about 10,000 soldiers was called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which eldest son of Genghis Khan received the Russian steppes as his ulus?Read the answer and worked solution →Ogodei, chosen to succeed as Great Khan, set his capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongol courier system of fresh mounts at spaced outposts was called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Nomads gave a tenth of their herds for the courier system under which levy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which underground canals of the Iranian plateau fell into disrepair after the Mongol campaigns?Read the answer and worked solution →Travellers in the Mongol realm carried a safe-conduct pass called in Persian the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mongol Yuan dynasty in China ended in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan seized Delhi and Agra in 1526?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch Genghis Khan's sonsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Mongol termsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mongol datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the cities that fellRead the answer and worked solution →Steppe or settledRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the Mongol realmsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mongol empire bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Genghis Khan was born around 1162 near which river in northern Mongolia?

  1. Onon
  2. Amur
  3. Oxus
  4. Indus
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Correct answer: A. Onon

1. The steppe was drained by the Onon and Selenga. 2. He was born near the Onon river. 3. His name at birth was Temujin. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 5, Nomadic Empires._

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What was Genghis Khan's birth name?

  1. Ogodei
  2. Temujin
  3. Jamuqa
  4. Yesugei
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Correct answer: B. Temujin

1. His father was murdered when he was young. 2. He was named Temujin. 3. His mother Oelun-eke raised him in hardship. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 5, Nomadic Empires._

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Temujin's father Yesugei was chieftain of which group of families?

  1. Kiyat
  2. Tatar
  3. Naiman
  4. Kereyit
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Correct answer: A. Kiyat

1. The Kiyat were related to the Borjigid clan. 2. Yesugei led the Kiyat. 3. The Tatars were his father's assassins. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 5, Nomadic Empires._

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