Russia and the Mongols Ticket out of the Door

Which of the following is true about the Mongols in China (Yuan Dynasty) (3 answers)

• China was conquered by Kublai Khan who established the Yuan Dynasty

• The Mongols respected Chinese culture and took a Chinese name for their empire in China

• The Mongols gave foreigners the higher positions in government over the Chinese

• The Mongols forced their culture on the Chinese and made them convert to Islam

Which of the following is a result of Mongol control of trade routes like the Silk Roads (Multiple answers)

• Increased trade amongst different groups and religions

• safer trade

• spread of the bubonic plague

• spread of technology and ideas

How did the Mongols rule territories that they conquered?

• allowed them to keep their cultures as long as they followed Mongol laws and payed tribute (taxes)

• Forced their culture on the conquered

• They forced women to perform footbinding rituals

• none of the answers are correct

Who increased trade and made it safer along the Silk Road. They controlled the entire trade network.

• Mongols

• Russians

• Byzantines

• Muslims

What controversy was similar to the Muslims not wanting to use images of Muhammad in worship

• None of the answers are correct

• Iconoclasm (when the Byzantine emperor did not want the use of icons in worship)

• The Mongolian Conquests where they made an example of their enemies

• The disagreement of the Muslims as to who should be the next leader

What title did Ivan III take after he liberated Russia from the Mongols

• Shah

• Czar (Caesar)

• Emperor

• King

Why did Ivan III call Russia the Third Rome after its liberation from the Mongols?

• It became a large empire linked with the Byzantine culture

• It became a large empire linked with the Islamic culture

• It became a large empire linked with the African culture

• It became a large empire linked with the culture

Russian culture was comprised of a blend of ___, ____, ____ cultures

• Byzantine

• Latin

• Slavic

• Viking

Prior to Mongol conquest, which city was the leading trade city in Russia due to its location on the Dnieper River and its proximity to Constantinople

• Kiev

• Moscow

• Baghdad

• Constantinople

What religion did the Russians adopt as their official religion due to Vladimir's desire to have a unifying ideology for his kingdom and the impact of the splendor of the Hagia Sophia

• Islam

• Judaism

• Roman Catholic Christianity

• Eastern Orthodox Christianity