1.

Name 4 periods of Mongolian history in one word, between Clans and Capitalism:  

Major Periods
(Simplified)
Clans
Conquest
Contraction
Compliance
Communism
Competition (Capitalism)

2. Name 5 peoples ruled Mongolia up until the time of Genghis Khan?

Hunnu
_Xianbei________________
__Rouran________________
________Turk__________
___Uighur_______________
____Khitan______________
_____Jurchen_____________

3. What was the name of the book written in the 13th Century about Genghis Khan and
Mongolian History? _______________ of the Mongols*
The Secret History of the Mongols

4. What year was Temujin proclaimed "Chinggis Khaan?"*

1206

5. What was the name of Chinggis Khan's law?*

Yassa 
6. According to Mongolian history, who founded the Yuan Dynasty in 1271?*
1 point

Genghis Khan
Ogedei Khan
Tolui Khan
Kublai Khan

7. Name Genghis Kan's sons in order. The first son is Juchi.*

__Jochi______________________

_Chagatai_______________________

___Ogedei_____________________

___Tolui_____________________
 8. Name the 4 Khanates of the Mongol Empire. The first one is the Great Khanate (of
the East, also called Yuan Khanate)*
__Jochi_(son Batu)– Golden Horde_____________________
___Chaghadai (Chaghatai) Khanate__________________________
Ogedei___Great Khanate. He helped establish other khanates in battle,
and ruled from Karakorum____________________Tolui__-- His son Kublai established Yuan Dynasty (of the Great
Khanate) and Hulagu Khan established Il Khanate (Persian Khanate)__________________
9. Who was the last great Central Asian Conqueror? It is disputed if he was a "Turk" or
a "Mongolian," Sometimes he is called "Turco-Mongol." He ruled about 150 years
after Genghis Khan and was called the "Sword of Islam?"*
Timur
Babur
Berke Khan

10. Who appointed history's first Dalai Lama in 1578?*

Abtai Sain Khan
Altan Khan
Zanabazar
Kublai Khan

11. Who was both a Buddhist leader and leader of Mongolia? He was the first Bogd
Khan.*
Zanabazar
12. Which Mongolian leader submitted to the Kangxi Emperor (Enkh-Amgalan Khan) in
1691?*
Galdan Boshigt Khan
Zanabazar
Dayan Khan
Ligden Khan

13. What was the "Two Principles" in regards to Mongolia? The lama Zanabazar lived
and worked this way. It is in Tibetan Buddhist theology.*
Work with a sword in one hand a whip (tashuur) in the other. Defend and build up your
country.
The leader of the "Buddhist Church" is also the leader of the "Mongolian State."
Yin and Yang. This comes from Taoism, a symbol of universal balance, such as male and
female.

14. What was the name of the famous trade route which connected Asia, Central Asia,
Western Asia (The "Middle East") and Europe?*
Silk Road.

15. On the one hand, Mongolian rule caused the death of millions and cities were destroyed.
On the other hand, the Mongol Empire had a good PART of history. What does PART stand
for?*
Paper Money, Achievement, Riches, Trust
Paper Money, Achievement, Respect, Truth
Paper Money, Achievement, Religious Tolerance, Trade

16. Why did the Mongol Empire decline?

In-fighting
Inter-mixing
Insuccess
Interference
Inattention
Insurrection
17. Who first ruled Mongolia after it declared independence from China in 1911?*
The Dalai Lama
Bogd Khan
Sukhbaatar
Baron Ungern

18. Mongolia's declaring independence in 1911 happened during what period in China?*
The fall of the Qing Dynasty
The fall of the Ming Dynasty
The rise of Communism in China
Growing Mongolian literacy

19. Two reasons why Mongolians did not want Chinese in Mongolia was farming and
_____________*
preference to Russians
not liking Chinese food
mining

20. The two powerful countries in the Treaty of Khyakhta in 1915, which did not respect
Mongolian independence were*
The USA and Great Britain
Russia and Japan
China and Russia

21. What was the name of the Christian missionary who translated Mongolian letters of
independence into English? He was friends with the Bogd Khan.*
2 points

James Gilmour
Frans "Duke" Larson
Percy Mather

22. Who was the "first minister" of Mongolia after the 1911 declaration of independence?
After him was Namnamsuren, the first "Prime Minister" in 1912.*
Da Lama Tserenchimed
Ja Lama
Tserendorj

23. Who wanted to unite "Inner Mongolia" with Mongolia? He died opposing Chinese rule.*
2 points

Chin Van (Prince) Handdorj

Manlai Baatar Damdinsuren
Bodoo

24. Who was Mongolia's first Minister of Foreign Affairs after 1911? His house is in
downtown Ulaanbaatar today and it is a restaurant.*
2 points

Ja Lama
Rinchino
Chin Van (Prince) Handdorj

25. After 1911, even though all Mongolians supported the Bogd Khan, there was tension
between the _______________ and the _______________*
2 points

rich and the poor

literate and illiterate
nobles and the lamas
Khalkha and Oirats

26. Who was the Chinese general who ruled in Khuree (Urga, later Ulaanbaatar) in 1919?*
2 points

"Chinese" Gordon
Yuan Shi-Kai
Hsu Shu-Ch'eng (Xu Shu-Cheng)

27. Who was Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, or for short "Baron Ungern?"*
A Communist who wanted world revolution, from Russia, Mongolia, China to Europe
A White Russian who supported the rule of the Bogd Khan
An Orthdox priest who wanted to unite Christianity with Buddhism.

28. Who was the "First Prime Minister" after the 1921 revolution?*
Haisun Gun
Bodoo
Rinchino

29. Who were killed for being Mongolian nationalists, or for being too "Capitalist?"*
2 points

Bodoo and Danzan

Sukhbaatar and Rinchino
Haisun Gun and Manlai Baatar Damdinsuren

30. Who is considered the father of the Mongolian Revolution in 1921? There were others
besides him, but he is the most remembered.*

Damdiny Suhbaatar
31. Who was a beloved prime minister who spoke many languages, who ruled from 1924-
1928?*

Da Lama Tserenchimed
Tserendorj
Amar

32. Which Mongolian prime minister was killed in Moscow?*

2 points

Da Lama Tserenchimed
Tserendorj
Amar

33. As Lenin was to Stalin, Sukhbaatar was to _______________*

1 point

choibalan?

34. Who was the main Mongolian leader in the 1930s and 1940s?*
3 points

Sukhbaatar
Choibalsan
Tsedenbal

35. What was the name of the case in the 1930s where Buryats and others were accused
(probably falsely) of spying for Japan. People were killed, jailed, tortured and exiled.*
2 points

Dadal Case
Khentii Case
Lkhumbe Case

36. What did Choibalsan do to Buddhist lamas?*

2 points

He promoted them, for Mongolian nationalism. More monasteries were built

He had them killed. Also, monasteries were destroyed.
He retrained them as factory workers so they would be good Communist workers.
Monasteries were turned into factories

37. Who was Mongolia's main ruler after Choibalsan?*

2 points

Anandyn Amar

38. During this conflict between China and the USSR, more Soviet troops were put in
Mongolia. What was the name of this period?*
1 point
Bear-Dragon Fight
Maoism-Leninism Schism
Sino-Soviet Split

39. One positive aspect of Communist rule in Mongolia was that it promoted
____________________*
2 points

literacy and health care

Communist ideology and hatred of all religion
Revolutionary slogans to unite Mongolian workers, and hatred of evil Capitalist nations

40. What happened in 1962?*

2 points

Mongolia joined the United Nations.

Mongolian scholars commemorated the 700th Anniversary of the birth of Genghis Khan
Mongolians celebrated that there was no war between the USSR and the USA over the Cuban
Missile Crisis

41. Who is called the "Golden Swallow of Democracy?" He was one of the leaders of the
1990 Democratic Revolution.*
3 points

Zorig

42. During the Democratic Revolution of 1990, leaders of the Democratic Revolution used
what kinds of symbols to promote Mongolian nationalism?*
2 points

Shamanist, Mongolian Empire and Tenger (Sky/ Heaven)

Pictures of Zanabazar, Sukhbaatar and Natsagdorj
Genghis Khan, Old Mongolian Script and Buddhism

43. Three reasons for the Democratic Revolution were

participation
prosperity
patriotism

44. Besides Mongolian students having studied in Eastern Europe and the USSR, what was
another big influence on the 1990 Democratic Revolution?*
2 points

45. Fall of the Berlin Wall, and East Germanay throwing off Communism and uniting with
West Germany to become Germany
Nelson Mandela and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa
Deng Xiao-Ping and the "To Get Rich is Glorious" campaign in China.

46. Who spoke at the December 1989 in front of the Youth Cultural Center. This was the first
time that the Democratic leaders spoke publicly.*
2 points

Baabar, Ganbold and Gonchigdorj

Amarsanaa, Bat-Uul and Elbegdorj
Jargalsaikhan, Oyun and Zorig

47. How did Oyun help the 1990 Democratic Revolution?*

2 points

She translated for English, and cooked for and served the Democratic leaders
She secretly met with Communist leaders to persuade them that Democracy was good for
Mongolia.
She reminded Zorig and other Democratic leaders about the Communist purges of the
1930s and 1940s to inspire them how Communism was oppressive.

48. Why did Mongolian protest leaders remember Tumur-Ochir?*

2 points

He was a famous lama who was killed in the 1930s.

He helped Mongolians to remember Genghis Khan in 1962. He was fired from the
Communist Party Politburo
He wrote the hit song "Genghis Khan."

49. How did J. Batmunkh, MPRP (Communist) leader of Mongolia react to the protests in
Sukhbaatar Square?*
2 points

50. He wanted to kill them, like Deng Xiao-Ping had done in China on June 4, 1989 in
Tiananmen Square. But other leaders persuaded him not to do this.
He reacted peacefully, met with the protestors, and stepped down from power, agreeing for
Mongolia to have multi-party elections.
He tried to flee to Moscow, afraid of the protests.

51. Which leader of the 1990 Democratic Revolution later became the President of
Mongolia?*
2 points

Elbegdorj
Gonchigdorj
Ganbold

52. After 1990, Mongolian foreign policy has focused on the ______________ Neighbor
Policy*
2 points

First Neighbor Policy. Make sure that there is always good relations with Russia. For Russia/
the USSR helped Mongolia to modernize in the 20th Century.
Second Neighbor Policy. Make sure to have good relations with China, since China buys
most of Mongolia's exports, especially minerals.
Third Neighbor Policy. Besides having good relations with Russia and China, maintain good
relations with other nations such as the USA and South Korea.
53. What are one or two interesting things that you learned in this class?*