Mongol Empire Review Game

How did the Mongols try to "accommodate" the majority Chinese population they governed?

• Mongol women in China began to bind their feet

• They gave themselves a Chinese dynastic name, the Yuan.

• They elevated the status of foreigners and merchants

• All of the above

Which of the following is NOT something that the Mongols adopted in China?

• Confucian rituals

• Foot Binding

• Buddhism

• Ancestor veneration

Which famous Venetian merchant worked in the court of Kublai Khan?

Mongols destroyed the farmland and ancient irrigation systems here to create more pasturelands for their sheep and goats.

• China

• Persia

• Russia

• Central Asia

Some of the people in this region accepted Mongol rule because some practices, such as performing traditional rituals, improving roads and canals, lowering some taxes, and patronized scholars and artists, were seen as being acts of a benevolent ruler

• China

• Persia

• Russia

• Central Asia

Many Mongols fully assimilated into this culture by intermarrying, converting to Islam, learning the language, and becoming FARMERS!

• China

• Persia

• Russia

• Central Asia

The Mongols adopted this region's administrative practices, taxation, and postal systems, but few learned the language, intermarriage was forbidden, and laws discriminated against the conquered people.

• China

• Persia

• Russia

• Central Asia

The Mongols did not directly rule over this area, but instead had a tributary relationship where they appointed princes and collected vast tribute and taxes.

• China

• Persia

• Russia

• Central Asia

The Mongols sacked the city of Baghdad and slaughtered 200,000 of its people in this region.

• China

• Persia

• Russia

• Central Asia

TRUE or FALSE: Some Chinese believed that the Mongols had the Mandate of Heaven.

• TRUE

• FALSE