5.3 Review - The Mongols in China

What is a vast desert and the site of the 1206 meeting of Mongol leaders?

• Japan

• Mongolia

• China

• Gobi

This Mongol conqueror's name means "Strong ruler."

• Marco Polo

• Genghis Khan

• Wendi

• Kublai Khan

Who is the famous Italian traveler who was among the first Europeans to visit and write about China?

• Genghis Khan

• Marco Polo

• Li Bo

• Empress Wu

Officers in Genghis Khan's army were chosen for their

• abilities

• family ties

• learning

• wealth

This is violence meant to scare people into surrendering.

• terror

• gratefulness

• fear

• control

This is a wide, grassy plain found in Central Asia.

• desert

• rain forest

• valley

• steppe

The Mongol Empire was known as the largest _______ empire the world had ever known.

• cultural

• land

• military

• trade

Mongols were known for

• being fierce warriors

• improving rice crops

• inventing the printing press

• their nature poetry

By 1279, this Mongol ruler had completed the conquest of China.

• Alexander the Great

• Genghis Khan

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

Many people would rather surrender to the Mongols than have to fight them.

• True

• False