Mongols and Ming Dynasty Review

How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror?

• through brilliant military strategy, organization, and ruthlessness

• through conquering only empires that had become strong

• through dressing his soldiers as warriors of the opposing country

• through being extremely nice to his enemies

What was true of the Mongol Empire?

• The Mongol Empire treated all conquered people horribly.
• Mongols refused to adopt aspects of the cultures they conquered.
• The Mongol Empire was the largest unified land empire in history.
• Mongols forced conquered peoples to convert to their religion.

Kublai Khan was the grandson of

• Marco Polo
• Genghis Kahn
• Justinian
• Confucious

________________ was the most famous European to visit China during the lifetime of Kublai Khan. Later he described Kublai Khan and his court to Europeans.

• Marco Polo

• Genghis Kahn

• Justinian

• Charlesmagne

What is true about the boundaries of the Mongol Empire?

• It included North and South America
• It was very small compared to other empires.
• It stretched across Europe and Asia.
• It was never peaceful or stable.

Why did the Mongols terrorize people?

• To spread fear, thus making them more likely to surrender without a fight
• To make them fight for their lives
• To make other people talk about them, and write about them in books
• They only terrorized people after they conquered them.

Kublai Khan etablished a new dyansty when he ruled over China. He called this dyansty the _____________

• Shang

• Yuan

• Song

• Tang

This is how the Mongol Empire grew rich

• Taxing trade goods on trade routes.
• Manufacturing weapons and trading them
• Protecting trade routes.
• Tariffs

What was the Pax Mongolia?

• A time of war and expansion.

• A time when China conquered Mongolia.

• A time when there was no trade or travel in Mongolia.

• A time of peace and trade across the Mongol Empire.

Zheng He

• was great Mongol leader

• was the greatest Ming emperor

• defeated the Mongols in China

• great Chinese explorer