2.2 Reading Quiz - AP World History

Define Pax Mongolia

• a time of Mongolian peace during the 13th and 14th centuries

• The vast land that Mongolia conquered during Genghis Kahn's reign

• Mongolian culture that spread as they conquered more and more land and peoples

• the spread of disease along the Silk Road by Genghis Khan's men

What was the Golden Horde?

• all of Mansa Musa's wealth that he accumulated during his travels

• the name given to the massive amount of gold and artifacts looted from all the peoples Genghis Kahn conquered

• Batu's army that marched on Russia conquering small Russian kingdoms and ransacking the capital city of Kiev

• the name given to the army of Mongols that destroyed the city of Baghdad and killed the caliph

What was the White Lotus Society?

• a secret society that quietly organized to put an end to the Yuan Dynasty

• a group of established army generals who trained the elite forces in Genghis Khan's army

• a secret society based in Moscow that spied on Mongolian armies

• a group dedicated to mapping out the Steppe of Mongolia and creating maps

What Mongol invention cobbled together Chinese gunpowder, Muslim flamethrowers, and European bell-casting techniques

• catapult

• grenades

• Cannon

• flint-lock riffle

What was expected of all Mongols?

• To become skilled horse riders

• To hunt for all of their food

• Give all their wealth to Genghis Kahn

• Spend 2 years in the Mongol Army

When the Khan was constructing his city and establishing his empire, who did he consult?

• scholars and engineers of Chinese and Islamic tradition

• important Mongol architects who helped him plan the city layout

• Chinese government bureaucrats that taught Khan Confucianism beliefs

• the oracle of Delphi that Alexander the Great consulted before beginning his conquest of Afro-Eurasia

Who was Hulegu?

• one of Genghis Khan's grandsons, who destroyed the city of Baghdad and killed the caliph, along with 200,000 residents

• one of Genghis Khan's grandsons, who with the Golden Horde, went into Russia with 100,000 soldiers and overtook many city-states

• The richest man in all of history, who was King of Mali

• a Buddhist monk who overthrew the Yuan Dynasty

The use of what allowed the Mongols to rule successfully over their conquered territories?

• Centralized Power

• Taxation

• Flying Cash

• Disease warfare and intimidation