Mongol Empire Quiz

In what year was the first assault on China launched by the Mongols?

• 1162

• 1206

• 1209

• 1227

Which Mongol khanate was based in southern Russia and adopted the Turkic language and Islam?

• Golden Horde

• Ilkhan khanate

• Yuan Dynasty

• Khwarezmian Empire

What is the term for a military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender?

• Siege

• Steppes

• Nomadism

• Pax Mongolica

Which region did the Ilkhan khanate conquer, taking much of the territory of the Abbasid Empire?

• Russia

• China

• Islamic heartlands

• Japan

What is the term for the treeless plains, especially the high, flat expanses of northern Eurasia, which are good lands for nomads and their herds?

• Siege

• Steppes

• Nomadism

• Pax Mongolica

Who succeeded Chinggis Khan as khagan of the Mongols following his father's death?

• Kublai Khan

• Ogedi

• Genghis Khan

• Batu Khan

Which dynasty had Mongol rule in China and was centralized with a bureaucracy?

• Golden Horde

• Ilkhan khanate

• Yuan Dynasty

• Khwarezmian Empire

What is the term for a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source?

• Mandate of Heaven

• Pax Mongolica

• Khwarezmian Empire

• Samarkand

What did the Mongols re-establish that allowed for safe travel and trade?

• Silk Roads

• Sieges

• Steppes

• Nomadism

What was the period of peace and prosperity from the mid-1200s to the mid-1300s when the Mongols imposed stability and law and order across much of Asia called?

• Pax Mongolica

• Mandate of Heaven

• Khwarezmian Empire

• Samarkand