Chapter 11 lesson 2

Chapter 11 lesson 2

The Mongols and Chinese Culture

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

• • What qualities define power struggles and stable periods of rule?

• • How can invasion change the lives of people in conquered lands?

Multiple Choice

Which Islamic empire did the Mongols invade and defeat?

• A.the Song dynasty

• B.the Abbasids

• C.the Tartars

• D.the Yuan dynasty

Multiple Choice

Because the Mongols brought almost all of Eurasia under a single rule, they

• A.increased trade, especially along the Silk Road.

• B.encouraged a flowering of the literary arts.

• C.spread pastoral ways of life.

• D.established a single and enduring khanate.

Multiple Choice

Which ruler established the Yuan Dynasty?

• A.Kublai Khan

• B.Tang Xuanzang

• C.Wu Zhao

• D.Genghis Khan

Multiple Choice

Porcelain making was unique to China because

• A.no other culture had clay products.

• B.no other culture decorated its porcelain with calligraphy.

• C.Chinese fine clay and baking techniques were new to the world.

• D.Chinese artists revealed Daoist principles in their pottery making.

Multiple Choice

The religion or philosophy that at first found great favor and then lost support at court during the Tang dynasty was

• A.Christianity.

• B.Daoism.

• C.Buddhism.

• D.Hinduism.

Multiple Select

Daoism

• Rivaled the influence of Confucianism

• Supported by Sui and Tang dynasty rulers

• Supported by Song dynasty rulers

• Evolved from Confucianism

• Brought to China from India in the first century A.D.

Multiple Select

Neo-Confucianism

• Rivaled the influence of Confucianism

• Supported by Sui and Tang dynasty rulers

• Supported by Song dynasty rulers

• Evolved from Confucianism

• Brought to China from India in the first century A.D.

Multiple Select

Bhagavadgita

• Rivaled the influence of Confucianism

• Supported by Sui and Tang dynasty rulers

• Supported by Song dynasty rulers

• Evolved from Confucianism

• Brought to China from India in the first century A.D.

Open Ended

• How can invasion change the lives of people in conquered lands?