Empire on the Move: A Time Trip Through Mongol Expansion

Multiple Choice

How did the environment of the steppe MOST influence the Mongols’ way of life?

• It encouraged farming wheat and building stone villages

• It required constant movement to find grass for animals

• It allowed them to grow forests used for building ships

• • It forced them to depend mostly on fishing and rivers

Multiple Choice

Based on what you learned, why did the Mongols become strong and adaptable warriors?

• They practiced farming every day

• Their nomadic lifestyle and dependence on animals taught them survival and mobility

• They lived in large permanent cities that trained soldiers

• Their land was rich in metal resources

Multiple Choice

What can you infer about why the Mongols relied on trade and spoils of war?

• They couldn’t produce certain goods because the steppe environment limited farming and metalworking

• They preferred trading instead of raising animals

• They had no interest in expanding their empire

• They had an unlimited supply of grain available locally

Multiple Choice

• How did the Mongols maintain control over such a large and diverse empire?

• They forced all conquered peoples to abandon their local customs.

• They allowed local rulers to stay in power as long as they paid taxes.

• They divided the empire into isolated regions that never interacted.

• They banned trade to prevent communication between different cultures.

Multiple Choice

Who founded the Yuan Dynasty?

• Marco Polo

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Hongwu Emperor

Multiple Choice

What did the Mongols keep from earlier Chinese systems?

• The civil service exam with equal access for all Chinese people

• Traditional Chinese government structures and administrative systems

• Complete control by Chinese-born officials

• Isolation from foreign trade and travelers

Match

Decide if the item is being imported (brought into China) or exported (sold by China to other countries)

• Persian glass

• Silk

• Gunpowder

• European metals

• Paper money

Imported by China

Exported by China

Exported by China

• Imported by China

Spread within China under Mongol rule

• Imported by China

• Exported by China

• Exported by China

• • Imported by China

• Spread within China under Mongol rule

Match

Match the Key Terms & People

• Hulagu Khan

• 1258 CE

• Ilkhanate

• Baghdad

Led conquest of Abbasid

Fall of Baghdad

Mongol division in Middle East

Learning center destroyed

• Led conquest of Abbasid

• Fall of Baghdad

• Mongol division in Middle East

• Learning center destroyed

Multiple Choice

How did the Mongols’ pastoral lifestyle influence their daily needs?

• They depended mostly on farming tools and crops.

• They relied on animals for food, clothing, and transport.

• They used advanced factories to make goods themselves.

• They stayed in one place to gather natural resources.

Multiple Choice

What is the BEST reason the Mongols were able to expand into such a large empire?

• Their ability to farm large areas of land

• Their advanced metal-working skills

• Their organized leadership and fast-moving armies

• Their use of large naval fleets

Multiple Choice

How were the Turks and Mongols similar as steppe peoples?

• Both lived in large farming villages.

• Both depended heavily on trade with Europe.

• Both were nomadic pastoralists with strong horseback skills.

• Both built permanent stone cities across the steppe.