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Review Questions for Mongol, Yuan Ming Quiz 2015
Mongol Culture and Background
Where were the Mongols from in relation to China?
What is the relationship between the Mongols and the Great wall of China?
Name two commonalities between the Mongols and the Bedouin
Describe Mongol culture.
Define pastoralist.
What are steppes and how are they related to the Mongols?
Who was Temujin? How did his early experiences help determine his path in life?
Taking and Holding Power
Describe one aspect of Mongol battle strategy.
Describe how the Mongols were able to create the largest, contiguous empire the world has known.
Describe how the Mongols changed leadership
What happened to the Empire after the death of Genghis Khan?
What is the Yam system and how did it help the Mongols rule?
Think of a blank map and be able to draw the extent of the Mongol Empire at its height.
Describe the Mongol social hierarchy and compare it to that of the Tang/Song dynasties in China.
The Yuan Dynasty
What was the Yuan Dynasty?
Explain the Chinese reaction to the Yuan Dynasty
What made the Yuan Dynasty so difficult for the Chinese citizenry to accept?
What was the Pax Mongolica? Describe three characteristics of it.
Name some achievements of the Yuan Dynasty
The Mongols Weaken
Why did the Mongol Empire fall ultimately fall? Name some primary reasons.
What made the first Ming Emperor unique?
Who was Zheng He?
What was tribute?
Why did the late Ming Dynasty radically change China’s openness to the world?