Ap World History Unit 2.1-2.4

The Mongol Empire was unlike earlier empires primarily in

• Ethnic Makeup

• Including areas of Central Asia

• Being formed by a nomadic people

• Scope

Which of these resulted from the empires of the Almoravids and Almohadis

• The Kongo Kingdom

• A cultural bridge across the Sahara

• The Bantu migrations

• New kingdoms in the Sahel

Which of these aspects of Zenj is reflected by Swahili

• A mixed cultural heritage

• Islamic culture

• The growing power of Songhay

• Arab control of trade routes

Th e Ming dynasty emerged in opposition to

• Scholar-gentry dominance

• Mongol rule

• Overseas expansion

• Buddhism

As always, the scholar-gentry under Yuan rule pushed for

• Cooperation with the new dynasty

• Greater religious freedom

• A return to traditional Chinese culture

• Reform of the examination system

The Mongol interlude in Russian history related in

• Merging of Russian and Mongol culture

• A shift in the north

• The disappearance of Russia for centuries

• The destruction of Russian civilization

Which of these was given the name Zenj by Arabs

• West Africa

• The east coast of Africa

• Central Africa

• Sun-Saharan Africa

Which of these was a great Mongol military advantage over the other armies they encountered

• Heavy armor

• Better defenses

• Information

• Numbers

The Yuan capital at Dadu illustrates

• Mongol assimilation into Chinese imperial traditions

• The Mongol shift of power to the far north of China

• Mongol disdain for the ethnic Chinese

• Hostility between the Mongols and the Jurchens

The Yuan capital was at

• Dadu

• Samarkand

• Karakorum

• Chang’an