Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire

What general principle did Chinggis Khan use to promote his soldiers?

• Seniority

• Lineage and family

• Merit

• Prior obligation

Chinggis Khan and his descendants believed that he was favored by this deity:

• The Spirit of the Earth Mother

• The Spirit of His Ancestor

• The Spirit of the Sacred Mountain

• The Spirit of the Sky

What was the most valuable product in the Mongol Empire?

• White Horses

• Black Gunpowder

• Gold brocade

• Gold coins

Into how many smaller states did the Mongol Empire break by the 1260s?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How did the Mongols treat the people they conquered?

• They treated them like slaves.

• They forcefully incorporated them into their armies

• They were let their internal politics alone.

• They were killed.

How did the Mongols treat other religious groups.

• They killed people who did not believe in the Mongol religion.

• They allowed people to practice their religions freely.

• They outlawed all religions.

• They allowed people to practice their religions but they had to pay heavy taxes.

What did the Mongols do with the educated and skilled people they conquered?

• They learned from them and allowed them to practice their skills, incorporating them into the empire.

• They killed them because they feared a revolt from the educated class.

• They enslaved them in order to make the territories they conquered weaker.

• They allowed them to practice their skills but heavily taxed them in order to keep them financially weak.

The Mongols were originally . . .

• pastoral nomads

• rebel warriors from the Song dynasty

• Muslim invaders

• sheep and cattle merchants

Temujin (Genghis Khan) was born

• to an aristocratic family

• to a merchant family

• to a peasant family

• a slave

How did Genghis Khan become a successful ruler?

• He killed everyone that opposed him.

• He created strategic alliances between rulers and evenly distributed the spoils amongst his subjects.

• He established laws that no one dared to brake.

• He ruled by fear.