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Mongolia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are the Mongols from?

a)

northern Asia

b)

the Americas

c)

West Africa

d)

Japan

2.

Mongols were very skilled:

a)

horsemen

b)

builders

c)

naval commanders

d)

mathematicians

3.

Where was Genghis Khan from?

a)

China

b)

Mongolia

c)

Japan

d)

Korea

4.

Which of Genghis’ grandsons conquered the Song Dynasty in China in 1279?

a)

Khan Noonien Singh

b)

Kublai Khan

c)

Shere Khan

d)

Tolui Khan

5.

Which empire was the largest land empire ever to exist?

a)

Roman

b)

Hellenistic under Alexander the Great

c)

Mongol

d)

Mesopotamia

6.

Where did Kublai Khan move his capital to?

a)

Mongolia

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Europe

7.

What was the dynasty of Kublai Khan called

a)

The Yuan

b)

The Song

c)

The Tang

d)

None of the other answers

8.

How was Kublai Khan related to Genghis?

a)

Brother

b)

Grandson

c)

Nephew

d)

Uncle

e)

son

9.

The Mongols improved the Silk Road by ______.

a)

offering protection in exchange for taxes & tolls

b)

building highways & bridges

c)

providing horses for caravans so merchants didn't have to carry heavy loads

d)

building large ships to carry tractor trailers across the ocean

10.

The Mongols way of life as ______ influenced them to value trade & merchants.

a)

Nomads

b)

Business Men

c)

Farmers

d)

Hunter/Gatherers

11.

Mongolia is located in which direction of China?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

12.
What do all nomadic peoples do?
a)
ride horses
b)
travel
c)
conquer
d)
cultivate
13.
What was the major trade route from China to Europe and Africa called?
a)
Silk Road
b)
Porcelain Path
c)
Riches Route
d)

Money Road

14.

What is the significance of the Silk Road?

a)

It allowed Christianity to reach Africa

b)

It connected Europe and Asia

c)

It made it easier for Empires to expand

d)

It allowed cultural diffusion in the Americas

15.

Why did people surrender to the Mongols?

a)

They had alliances with them

b)

They feared their viciousness

c)

They thought war was too expensive

d)

They liked their style of leadership

16.

The Great Wall was originally designed to keep out …

a)

invaders from the south

b)

the Mongolians

c)

the Chinese

d)

wild animals

17.

Who managed to invade China despite The Great Wall of China?

a)

Americans

b)

Japanese

c)

Mongols

d)

Chinese

18.

Who was a famous Italian traveler among the first Europeans to visit and write about China?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

Kublai Khan

d)

Rob Jablonsky

19.
Why did the Mongols terrorize people?
a)
To spread fear, thus making them more likely to surrender without a fight
b)
To make them fight for their lives
c)
To make other people talk about them, and write about them in books
d)
They only terrorized people after they conquered them.
20.

Genghis Khan and the Mongols promoted people based on ___________

a)

merit (individual ability)

b)

noble birth

c)

blood ties to his wife's family

d)

what fortune cookies told him