Mongol Empire

True or False: Kublai Khan adopted many Chinese customs.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

He respected their culture and allowed them to continue practicing beliefs.

True or False: Kublai Khan took advice from Chinese Confucian scholars.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

These advisors taught Kublai Khan that it is important to develop a relationship between the government and the people being governed.

Which statements describe Genghis Khan? (Choose 2)

• He was the leader of the Mongols.

• He was leader of the Han Dynasty.

• He conquered parts of China, Europe, and India.

• He conquered parts of China, Africa, and Australia.

Kublai Khan was the _ of Genghis Khan

• Brother

• Grandson

• Son

• Nephew

Kublai Khan conquered the _ Dynasty, making him the first Mongol ruler to govern all of China.

• Song

• Yuan

• Han

Answer explanation

Yuan Dynasty = Kublai Khan's

Han Dynasty = falls to peasant rebellions, China divides for hundreds of years before Wendi reunifies it

Kublai Khan created the _ Dynasty.

• Song

• Yuan

• Han

• Tang

Mongol people improved the Silk Road by lowering _.

• taxes and tolls

• the number of people who could travel on it

The Mongolian way of life as _ influenced them to value trade and merchants.

• nomads

• chieftains

Who was the Italian man who traveled to meet Kublai Khan?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Genghis Khan

• Marco Polo

• Wendi

True or False: Marco Polo helped Kublai Khan administer (govern) his empire.

• True

• False