Heimler, Unit 2 Review

The trade routes in this unit...

• began between 1200-1450

• began well before 1200

• Didn't start until the end of the 1400's

• Ended around 1200 CE

Buddhism...

• started as an atheistic belief system

• always venerated the Buddha as a deity

• in its original form rejected materialism as an illusion

• encouraged the production and trade of luxury items

Chinese junks are __.

• huge flat-bottomed ships

• small, swift boats

• agile, quick river boats

• helpful in calculating latitude

The social hierarchy for the Kingdom of Mali included __.

• bishops, military and the elites

• elites, merchants and slaves

• peasants, serfs, and bolsheviks

The __ played the largest role in shaping old cultures and beginning new ones in this time period.

• trade routes

• new diseases

• abundance of food

• organized religions

The idea that the Mongols were brutal was __.

• a myth

• entirely true

• somewhat true

• lies told by the people they conquered

The Mongols ruled _.

• the largest land based empire ever

• the largest empire in the world

• the most populous empire in world history

• the largest sea-based empire every known

The Mongols had been a _.

• pastoral people

• a network of tribes

• fractured

• at war

In _ he was given the title of Khan , the ruler of the newly unified Mongol Nation.

• 1115

• 1206

• 1250

• 1256

When the Mongols attacked China _.

• they were outnumbered by the Chineses, 100-1

• it was fierce and the Mongols always won

• the Mongols were able to defeat everyone except the Christians

• they had a detailed blueprint