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NAME: _________Montana Bernard_________
Empire of the Great Khan
1.
Who was Kublai Khan?
Grandson of ghenghis khan united china for the first time in 300 years
2.
Who was Marco Polo?
Venetian traded who traveled to china and visited Kublai khan’s court and served
there for 17 years
3.
1279
When did the Mongols gain control of all of China?
4.
When did Kublai Khan rule?
1260-1294
5.
Where did Kublai Khan build palaces?
Shangdu and mondern day baijing
6.
Where did Kublai Khan move the capital of his empire?
From Mongolia to china
7.
How did the Mongol rulers treat their Chinese subjects?
Kept their mongol identity, tolerated Chinese culture, retained Chinese officals in local
governments
8.
How did Kublai Khan expand foreign trade?
Made caravan routs across asia safe, establish mail routes to link china with India and
Persia, greatly improved trade and invited foreign merchants to china
9.
Why did the Mongols give most high government posts to foreigners?
They believed foreigners were more trust worthy than the Chinese since they had no
loyal localties
10.
Why were the Mongols unable to conquer Japan?
Storms destroyed two invading fleets
11.
Why is the Yuan Dynasty important in Chinese history?
12.
What brought about the fall of the Yuan Dynasty?
the internal contradictions of the ruling class, serious natural disasters,
and unreasonable grading system together aroused the indignation of the
people
the rebel army led by Zhu Yuanzhang captured the Yuan capital