AP W. History Ch 17

Karakorum was the

• Asian capital of the Mongol empire
• founder of the Mongol empire
• term applied to the Mongol policy of religious toleration
• last powerful Mongol ruler.

The largest empire of all time was created by the

• Chinese.
• Mongols
• Romans.
•  Incas

Most of the Mongol states

• collapsed during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
• collapsed during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
• collapsed during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
• collapsed during the sixteenth century

The Turkish peoples

• were a single, homogeneous group
• established a tightly structured centralized government
• spread Islam to southwest Asia
• never formed a single, homogeneous group

The environment of central Asia

• guaranteed a bountiful harvest
• does not receive enough rain to support large-scale agriculture
• was marred by such violent flooding that urbanization was almost impossible
• . facilitated urbanization because of its tremendous agricultural potential

Yurts were

• tents used by the nomadic Turks
• the first powerful Turkish tribe
• the shamans who dominated nomadic Turkish religious thought
• Turkish chieftains

The nomadic Turkish tribes made use of kumiss, which

• was an iron lance
• were large tents made of felt
• were shaman priests
• was an alcoholic drink fermented from mare's milk

Which of the following did NOT act as a limitation on the development of central Asian societies

• the aridity of the climate
• a lack of trading opportunities
• the nomadic lifestyle of the population
• the absence of large-scale craft production

The class structure of nomadic societies normally produced

• a tightly-structured class system with little flexibility
• no class distinctions
• a fluid two-class system of nobles and commoners
• a division into nobles, warriors, farmers, and slaves

The noble class, in nomadic society

• ruled with absolute authority at all times
• based their wealth and power on extensive landholdings
• received their position through inheritance, and couldn't lose it
• was fluid, with many opportunities for rising and falling