Mongol Empire - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This empire’s rulers were elected via kurultai, or gatherings of their followers, rather than primogeniture. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this empire founded at a 1206 kurultai which proclaimed the warrior Temujin as Genghis Khan.

ANSWER: Mongol Empire

[10h] This northwestern Mongol successor state was ruled by descendants of Jochi, Genghis Khan’s eldest son, and was once divided into Blue and White wings. Till its dissolution in 1486, this Mongol successor state held overlordship of the Russian principalities.

ANSWER: Golden Horde [or Kipchak Khanate or Ulug Ulus or Ulus of Jochi]

[10m] This man fought his brother Ariq Böke (“AH-reek BURR-kuh”) in a succession crisis. Marco Polo visited the winter capital Dadu, in modern day Beijing, to meet this founder of the Yuan dynasty.

ANSWER: Kublai Khan [accept Emperor Shizu]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	30.00	100%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	6	28.33	83%	100%	100%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	27.78	100%	89%	89%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	27.14	100%	86%	86%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	7	24.29	86%	86%	71%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	26.67	100%	83%	83%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	29.00	100%	100%	90%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	8	23.75	100%	75%	63%

Data


UCLA C	Claremont B	10	10	10	30
Claremont C	UCLA D	10	10	10	30
UCLA B	UCLA E	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	UCSD	10	10	10	30
USC	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
Syracuse	Binghamton A	10	10	10	30
Cornell B	U of Rochester A	10	10	10	30
Cornell D	Cornell E	0	10	10	20
ESF	Cornell A	10	10	10	30
RIT A	Binghamton B	10	10	10	30
RIT B	Cornell C	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Purdue B	10	0	10	20
Illinois A	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	Indiana	10	10	10	30
Illinois D	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
WashU B	Iowa B	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame A	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Notre Dame B	10	10	10	30
WashU A	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Columbia J	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Fordham A	10	10	10	30
West Virginia A	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
CWRU B	Miami A	10	0	10	20
Alberta	UW Gluttony	10	10	10	30
UW Lust	Arizona State A	10	0	0	10
UW Envy	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
UBC A	Boise State	10	10	10	30
UBC B	UW Sloth	10	10	10	30
UW Pride	UW Chastity	10	10	10	30
Auburn A	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Tennessee B	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Clemson B	10	10	10	30
Emory A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Emory Oxford	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	Furman	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Georgia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Belmont	Southern	10	0	10	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Bard A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	NYU A	10	10	10	30
Rowan A	NYU B	10	0	0	10
Penn B	Penn A	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	Michigan State B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
Michigan D	West Virginia B	10	10	10	30
James Madison A	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
James Madison B	Appalachian State A	10	0	10	20
Duke A	Liberty A	10	0	0	10
William & Mary	Liberty C	10	10	10	30
NC State	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
UNC B	VCU	10	0	0	10
UNC A	UNC C	10	10	10	30
Jefferson County Scholars	Michigan C	0	0	10	10