Unit 6: The Mongols and Early Modern Asia

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.

What happened during the Pax Mongolica?

• The irrigation systems in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys were rebuilt.
• A cure for the bubonic plague was developed in China.
• Ideas and inventions spread with trade between Europe and China.
• Movable type, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass were invented.

Kublai Khan was the grandson of

• Marco Polo
• Genghis Kahn
• Justinian
• Confucious

________________ was the most famous European to visit China during the lifetime of Kublai Khan.  Later he described Kublai Khan and his court to Europeans.

• Marco Polo
• Genghis Kahn
• Justinian
• Charlesmagne

Trade increased between Europe and Asia and there was a period of regional stability and safe trade along the Silk Road.  This characterizes

• Chaos and mayhem of battle
• Results of Pax Mongolica
• A period of good luck.
• Development of canal system.

After Genghis' death in 1227 Mongolia was divided into 4 sections called _________. 

• states
• counties
• Khans
• Khanates

Which did the Mongols NOT do?

• Destroyed whole villages that fought back
• Spread across and united almost all of Asia
• Forced nomadic way of life on conquered people
• Established a peaceful period of trade known as Pax Mongolica

Why did the Mongols terrorize people?

• To spread fear, thus making them more likely to surrender without a fight
• To make them fight for their lives
• To make other people talk about them, and write about them in books
• They only terrorized people after they conquered them.

One of the reasons the Mongols were successful conquerors was

• They live in yurts.

• Their skill at horse and bow.

• Their ability to read and write.

• They valued Chinese government.

Who was the Mongol emperor of the Yuan dynasty?

• Kublai Khan

• Genghis Khan

• Ogedei Khan

• Mr. Givens