Mongol Empire and Silk Roads Quiz

What effect did Mongols have on the Silk Road?

• Mongols made it safer & increased trade

• Mongols extended the road but decreased trade

• Mongols had no effect on the Silk Road

• Mongolian wars destroyed many parts of the road

What was Genghis Khan's birth name?

• Temujin

• Jurchen Jin

• Yuan Haowen

• Marco Polo

Mongol warfare was designed for one purpose only...

• to spread Mongol culture

• to acquire tribute/taxes

• to fulfill the divine mandate

• to prove Mongol strength

What DID NOT contribute to the military success of the Mongols?

• ferocious mobility

• adopting skills and strategies of others

• an organized postal system

• advanced naval technology

Which of the following empires did not collapse due to Mongol Expansion?

• Song Dynasty

• Aztec Empire

• Abbasid Caliphate

• Kievan Rus

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 are examples of the policies the Mongols put in place during the Pax Mongolica?

• Creation of a postal system that linked the areas of the Mongol Empire together and made it quicker to travel across the large Mongol Empire

• Passport system that allowed merchants to get access to supplies, pack animals, and military escort

• Promotion of religious tolerance, regardless of a merchants' religious creed

• All of the above

All of the following were effects of the Pax Mongolica except

• Increased access of Europeans to Asian luxury goods

• The spread of the bubonic plague

• A steep decline of merchant activity on the Silk Roads

• The spread of Chinese and Islamic knowledge and technology to Europe

Where do historians calculate the Bubonic Plague of the 14th century originated?

• North America

• China

• India

• Europe

Which of the following historical developments played the largest role in spreading the Bubonic Plague

• The expansion of trade on the Silk Roads

• The discovery of the Americas by Spain

• New European economic philosophies that promoted the exploration for new trade routes to the east

• The interactions between Mongols and Byzantine armies in Central Asia