The Mongols

What statement best describes the Mongol people?

• they practiced Islam

• they were nomadic and lived in the grasslands north of China

• they conquered the Ummayad Islamic Empire

• all of the above

What were Mongol rulers called?

• Caliph

• Dictator

• Khan

• King

Why did trade between Asia and the rest of the world prosper under Genghis Khan?

• The Mongols built the Silk Roads

• Genghis Khan's armies protected and maintained the Silk Roads

• The Mongols introduced the Camel

• Genghis Khan stopped collecting taxes

What two inventions made it from China to Europe during Mongol Rule?

• Gunpowder and paper

• Gold and Silver

• Sugar and Wheat

• Steel and Iron

Why did the Mongol Empire decline?

• disunity among ruling Khan's or Khanates

• Plague devastated populations in India and China

• increased diversity and absorbing other cultures led to a decline in the Mongol warrior spirit weakening the Khan's armies

• all of the above

Why are the Mongols sometimes blamed for the Black Plague?

• Mongol warriors carried the disease with them on their conquests

• by improving the Silk Roads, the plague traveled to Europe more easily

• Mongol armies purposely spread the plague to defeat their enemies.

• all of the above

What Asian Ruler attempted to revive the Mongol Empire, by expanding into Southwest Asia, seizing lands from India to the Mediterranean

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Timur the Lame

• Charlemagne

Why did Genghis Khan's enemies often surrender without a fight?

• His tactics were brutal and ruthless and resulted in terrible devastation

• Khan often paid his enemies not to fight

• They were interested in joining the empire because of it's diversity

• all of the above

True or False: The Mongol empire was larger than Rome and the Muslim empires

• True

• False

What region was NOT part of the Mongol Empire?

• All of China

• Russia

• southwest Asia including Korea and Vietnam

• Japan