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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 36mins
Which Mongol leader put them on the path to near world domination?
Genghis Khan
Ögedei Khan
Kublai Khan
Timur
Which two innovations allowed Temüjin to win the Mongol Civil War and be proclaimed "universal ruler" or Genghis Khan?
He promoted people based on merit rather than family position
He brought lower classes of conquered people into his own tribe while dispossessing the leaders of the conquered clans.
All Mongols feared him and refused to fight him.
He was the richest of the Mongol rulers with the strongest family ties.
This capital of the Abbasid Empire was destroyed by the Mongols in 1258
Baghdad
Samarkand
Damascus
Kiev
This grandson of Genghis Khan finished the conquest of China defeating the Song Dynasty and founding the Yuan Dynasty.
Möngke Khan
Ögedei Khan
Kublai Khan
Timur
This European trader and explorer wrote of his journey and time in the court of Kublai Khan?
Marco Polo
Ibn Battuta
Zheng He
Vasco de Gama
This battle in North Africa stopped the Mongol expansion into North Africa.
Battle of Ain Jalut
Battle of The Talas River
Battle of Thermopylae
The Battle of Manzikert
Which of the following best describes Genghis Khan's descendants?
Nearly 16 million on the earth today.
None on earth today.
The fracturing and relatively quick decline of the Mongol Empire following Genghis Kahn's death is similar to who's empire?
Alexander the Great's
Julius Caesar's
Hammurabi's
Ashoka's
Both Alexander the Great and the Mongols failed to conquer the territory of this modern country?
India
Russia
China
Greece
Why were the Mongols' so military successful?
Speed
Archery
Their adaptability
Their intimidation tactics
Which territory did the Mongols fail to capture due to a typhoon, that was later deemed by the locals to be a divine wind?
Japan
Korea
China
Persia
It was said that a man could walk from one end of the Mongol empire to the other with a gold plate on his head without ever fearing being robbed. Which of the following best describes why this was possible.
The Mongols reinvigorated cross-Eurasian trade.
The Mongols increased communication throughout Eurasia via the Yam System.
The Mongols forcibly relocated people leading to cross cultural pollination.
The Mongols were almost unprecedentedly tolerant of different religions.
In what region did the Mongols blind in so well they were almost unrecognizable by the 15th century?
Persia
China
Japan
Russa
The mongol people were
democratic
nomadic
feudalisitic
How many "main" islands make up Japan?
1
2
3
4
What continent is Japan located on?
North America
Africa
Australia
Asia
Which of the following about Japan is true?
The country is small, but the population is large.
The country is large, but the population is small.
The country is small, and the population is large.
The country is large, and the population is large.
Japan is an example of a(n) ____, a chain of islands.
peninsula
archipelago
islandtopia
strait
The two most popular religions in Japan are _______ & __________.
Jewish & Catholics
Buddhism & Zionism
Catholics & Protestants
Shinto & Buddhism
Japan's highest mountain
Mt. Killaminjaro
Mt. Arrat
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Denali
Where does an earthquake have to occur to cause a tsunami?
Under the sea
At a constructive plate boundary
Near a volcano
1km from the coast line
What was Genghis Khan's given name?
little Khan
Temujin
Cathay
Al-Marwazi
________, Genghis Khan's third oldest son was elected Khan after his father's death.
Ogodei
Guyuk
Mongke Khan
Kublai Khan
Mongolian soldiers fought primarily __________.
on their feet
on horseback
in a tank
with a cannon
Kublai Khan was the _______ of Genghis Khan.
grandson
son
nephew
cousin
Kublai Khan conquered the _____ Dynasty, making him the first Mongol ruler over all China.
Sui
Tang
Song
Mongol
Kublai Khan created the _____ Dynasty.
Sui
Tang
Song
Yuan
2nd emperor of the Sui dynasty, completed the Grand Canal
(a)
Tang rulers hired (a) , a northern tribal group of Turkic-speaking people, to fight for the dynasty
As a result of trade, (a) , with a population estimated at two million, became the wealthiest city in the world during the Tang Dynasty
replaced the old landed aristocracy as the political and economic elite in Chinese society.
(a)
money, goods, or property paid to the brides husband when she married
(a)
The Mongols were a pastoral people from the region of modern-day (a)
Genghis Khan was elected ruler of the Mongols at a massive meeting somewhere in
(a)
The once united empire of Genghis Khan was split into several separate territories called (a) , each under the rule of one of his sons
Capital of China
(a)
a ceramic made out of fine clay baked at a very high temperature
(a)
Japanese warriors (those who serve) who fought on horseback, clad in helmet and armor, and carried a sword and bow
(a)
Japanese strict warrior code (the way of the warrior) was called
(a)
Japanese military leader (general) was called a
(a)
(a) Buddhist said that Theravada teachings were too strict for ordinary people
Genghis Khan's army was built on speed and (a)
The Mongols promoted trade, diversity, and tolerance, but they also promoted (a) and senseless destruction
Hindu Warriors
(a)
