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Mongols in World History/Review
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Some Central Asian nomads
made their living by fostering
commerce along the Silk Road.
 Central Asian nomads invaded
villages and cities when climate
changes affected their food
supply.
 Some Central Asian nomads
adopted Islam and some
embraced Islamic cultures.
Based on these statements, which
generalization about Central Asian
nomads can best be supported?
1. They posed few challenges to
settled societies.
2. They allied with settled neighbors
to repel common enemies.
3. They interacted with settled
societies.
4. They contributed little to the
culture of their settled neighbors.
Which group used the stirrup, skilled
horsemanship, and siege warfare
techniques to conquer much of Asia and
part of Europe in the 12th and 13th
centuries?
1. Japanese
2. Vikings
3. Persians
4. Mongols
One important impact of the Mongol
expansion across Asia and Europe was
the
1. increased authority of the Kievan
princes
2. rise in trade along the Silk Roads
3. introduction of Hinduism into
Chinese culture
4. maritime exploration of the
Arabian seacoast
World History/Napp
Which areas did the Mongols conquer
and incorporate into their empire?
1. China, Russia, and Iran
2. Axum, Zimbabwe, and West
Africa
3. Spain, France, and Egypt
4. Japan, India, and eastern Europe
The leadership of Genghis Khan, the use
of the stirrup, and excellent
horsemanship skills all contributed
directly to the
1. collapse of Silk Road trade
2. defeat of Tokugawa Japan
3. beginning of European
exploration
4. rise of the Mongol Empire
Base your answer to this question on the
passage below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
…The Mongols made no technological
breakthroughs, founded no new
religions, wrote few books or dramas,
and gave the world no new crops or
methods of agriculture. Their own
craftsmen could not weave cloth, cast
metal, make pottery, or even bake bread.
They manufactured neither porcelain
nor pottery, painted no pictures, and
built no buildings. Yet, as their army
conquered culture after culture, they
collected and passed all of these skills
from one civilization to the next….
— Jack Weatherford
This passage leads to the conclusion that
the Mongols
1. rejected technology
2. were a peaceful people
3. were urbanized
4. contributed to cultural diffusion
Base your answer to this question on the Which statement about the Mongol
passage below and on your knowledge of Empire is accurate?
social studies.
1. The Mongols developed a highly
…As early as the struggle for the steppe
technological society that
he had spread the claim that Heaven had
emphasized formal education.
destined him as ruler; members of
2. European monarchies became a
Mongol trading caravans spread stories
model for the early Mongol
intended to cause panic among the local
governments.
populace; forged letters were fed to
3. Pax Mongolia led to regional
Sultan Muhammad which strengthened
stability, increasing trade on the
his mistrust of his Turkic units; freedom
Silk Road.
of religion was proclaimed; those who
4. The Mongols adopted Roman
offered no resistance were promised that
Catholicism as the official
life and property would be spared;
religion of the empire.
terrible destruction was threatened in
the event of resistance; bloody examples
 In less than 50 years, it was the
were designed to spread fear and reduce
largest unified land empire in
the populace’s will to resist….
history.
— Paul Ratchnevsky, Genghis Khan:
 In 1279, it was the first foreign
His Life and Legacy, Blackwell
group to gain complete control of
Publishing
China.
 It made the caravan routes across
According to this passage, which Mongol
Asia safe for trade and travel.
practice contributed greatly to their
 When attempting to conquer
success?
Japan in 1274 and 1281, its fleets
1. nomadic lifestyle
were destroyed by storms.
2. superior horsemanship
Which empire is most closely associated
3. psychological warfare
with these statements?
4. religious conversion
1. Persian
2. Gupta
One way in which Pax Romana and Pax
3. Ottoman
Mongolia are similar is that both were
4. Mongol
characterized by
1. political stability
Which factor contributed to the success
2. unifying religious institutions
of the vast empire created by the
3. representative forms of
Mongols?
government
1. avoiding contacts with the West
4. social equality for men and
2. paying monetary tribute to local
women
rulers
3. employing superior military skills
4. converting conquered peoples to
Confucianism
Base your answer to this question on the map below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
Which group of people ruled much of Asia during the period shown on this map?
1. Mongol
2. Indian
3. Japanese
4. European
Base your answer to the question on the map below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
Which empire is the focus of this map?
1. Mongol
2. Songhai
3. Roman
4. Persian
Base your answer to the question on the map and on your knowledge of social
studies.
Which statement about the Mongols is supported by the information in the map?
1. The Yuan dynasty kept China isolated from outside influence.
2. Most of the Chinese people lived in the river valleys.
3. Kublai Khan and Genghis Khan extended Mongol influence to other parts of
Asia.
4. The city of Samarkand was part of the Yuan Empire.
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Developed a tribute system
Reestablished trade along the Silk Roads
Created an empire from Eastern Europe to the Pacific coast of Asia
Which group was responsible for the results described above?
1. Huns
2. Japanese
3. Koreans
4. Mongols
Which factor contributed to the success of the vast empire created by the Mongols?
1. avoiding contacts with the West
2. paying monetary tribute to local rulers
3. employing superior military skills
4. converting conquered peoples to Confucianism
One similarity between the Mongols of Central Asia and the Incas of South America
was that both societies
1. developed cash-crop farming
2. based their wealth on the slave trade
3. adapted to difficult physical environments
4. practiced monotheistic religions
Marco Polo was a Venetian trader who visited Mongol China in 1275 with his father
and uncle. Marco Polo’s father and uncle were merchants eager to meet new people
and trade for new goods. This gave Marco Polo the chance to see many different
people, places and goods. After meeting China’s Mongol ruler, Kublai Khan, Marco
Polo traveled throughout his realm as his ambassador. For 17 years, Marco Polo
recorded his impressions of this land seen by very few Europeans. Upon his return to
Europe in 1295, Marco Polo spent many years in prison. Here he told the stories of
his great journeys to Rustichiello of Pisa who recorded them into the book Il milione.
Read the passage from Il milione below. Pay close attention to Marco Polo’s
description of Tin-gui’s main product and how it was made. Then use this passage,
and what you already know about Marco Polo, to complete the puzzle.
“. . . Of this place [the city of Tin-gui] there is nothing further to be observed, than
that of cups or bowls and dishes of porcelainware are there manufactured. The
process was explained to be as follows. They collect a certain kind of earth, as it were,
from a mine, and laying it in a great heap, suffer it to be exposed to the wind, the
rain, and the sun, for thirty or forty years, during which time it is never disturbed.
By this it becomes refined and fit for being wrought into the vessels above mentioned.
Such colours as may be thought proper are then laid on, and the ware is afterwards
baked in ovens or furnaces. Those persons, therefore, who cause the earth to be dug,
collect it for their children and grandchildren. Great quantities of the manufacture
are sold in the city, and for a Venetian groat you may purchase eight porcelain cups.”
Read each clue to help you complete the puzzle.
Across
1. Tin-gui product
4. “. . . the ware is afterwards baked in ovens or _____.”
7. Marco Polo’s traveling companion
9. Marco Polo’s job with Kublai Khan
Down
2. Marco Polo visited ___.
3. Marco Polo’s home
4. The people of Tin-gui exposed the earth to wind, rain, and sun for thirty to _____
years.
5. Marco Polo passed through this country going to and leaving China.
6. Marco Polo's father was a _____.
8. The rulers of China in 1275
Word Bank:
Dynasty, Marco Polo, Mountains, Beijing, Gunpowder, Pax Mongolia, Steppes,
Silk Road, Kublai Khan, Chinggis Khan, Mandate of Heaven, Confucianism, Great
Wall
1- Why was Kublai Khan a
man of two worlds?
2- Why did Kublai Khan
plant a plot of grass from the
steppe in the gardens at
Beijing?
3- Why do historians know
little about Marco Polo?
4- Why do some individuals
debate whether Polo even
visited China?
Essay Practice:
The Mongols left behind few cultural legacies yet the Mongols radically
transformed world history. Prove this thesis statement with specific evidence.