Ancient Africa and Asia

Large portable wool-felt tent used by the Mongols

• teepee

• suni

• yurt

• domo

How were practitioners of other religions treated in the Mongol empire?

• they were killed

• they were enslaved

• they were tolerated

• they were forced to convert

What was true of the Mongol Empire?

• The Mongol Empire treated all conquered people horribly.
• Mongols refused to adopt aspects of the cultures they conquered.
• The Mongol Empire was the largest unified land empire in history.
• Mongols forced conquered peoples to convert to their religion.

True/False The Mongols rarely imposed thier beliefs or way of life on people the conquered. While ferocious in war, they were quire tolerant in peace.

• True

• False

Kublai Khan etablished a new dyansty when he ruled over China. He called this dyansty the _____________

• Shang

• Yuan

• Song

• Tang

Western African kingdoms like Ghana and Mali controlled trade of which TWO items?

• Gold and fish
• Gold and salt

People that passed down the African stories through oral history are called

• Sheik
• Swahili
• Clan
• Griots

Mali’s leader who converted to Islam and is considered to be one of the richest men ever

• Mansa Musa

• Ghengis Khan

• Zheng He

 Mongol leader who helped expand Mongol empire.  Became the biggest empire the world has ever seen. 

• Kublai Khan

• Mansa Musa

• Ghengis Khan

• Zheng He

Commander of hundreds of Ming Dynasty ships who expanded trade for China

• Zheng He

• Mansa Musa

• Ghengis Khan