Deck 15: Nomadic Conquests and Eurasian Connections, 1000-1400

Question 1

What animals were the staples of most Central Asians' way of life?

A) camels and horses
B) sheep and goats
C) horses and sheep
D) cattle and horses

Answer 1

horses and sheep

Question 2

Large Central Asian federations linking together several tribes were ruled by overlords called

A) kumiss.
B) shamans.
C) khans.
D) sultans.

Answer 2

khans.

Question 3

What was the significance of the battle at Dandanqan?

A) It stopped the Mongol onslaught on China.
B) It ended the Mongols' dream of world domination.
C) It opened southern Asia to waves of Turkish nomads.
D) It gave the Mongols control of the Silk Road.

Answer 3

It opened southern Asia to waves of Turkish nomads.

Question 4

Which of these was adopted by the Seljuk rulers of Persia as the language of its elite?

A) Turkish
B) Farsi
C) Arabic
D) Urdu

Question 5

By what title was Temujin known?

A) Genghis Khan
B) Khubilai Khan
C) Ögödei Khan
D) Hülegü Khan

Question 6

What was the ultimate goal of Sultan Alp Arslan?

A) defeating Sunnis and reuniting the Arabs under Shi'ism
B) defeated the Mongols and establish a Christian kingdom
C) restoring China to its place as leaders of East Asia
D) defeating Shi'ites and uniting Muslims under Sunni rule

Question 7

The major battle between the Christian Byzantine Empire and the Great Seljuk Empire took place at

A) Dandanqan.
B) Manzikert.
C) Anatolia.
D) Khanbaliq.

Question 8

What 1st or 2nd century CE central Asian innovation proved to be most significant to the Mongol warriors?

A) kumiss
B) the bow
C) the stirrup
D) plated armor

Question 9

The Liao Empire was ruled by

A) Mongol Khitans.
B) Manchu Yuan.
C) Seljuk Jurchens.
D) Han Chinese Jin.

Question 10

Women in central Asia did all of the following EXCEPT

A) hunt.
B) make clothes.
C) gather manure.
D) tend campfires.

Question 11

The Liao Empire did all of the following EXCEPT

A) create a Chinese-style dynasty.
B) conquer southern China.
C) adopt Chinese writing.
D) use the civil service system.

Question 12

The Seljuk Turks were

A) Shi'ite Muslims.
B) Zoroastrians.
C) Buddhists.
D) Sunni Muslims.

Question 13

The shamans lost much of their influence in central Asia because

A) they made a disastrous alliance with the Mongols.
B) they were believed to have lost the Mandate of Heaven.
C) they were defeated by every group that entered their realm.
D) Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam attracted many converts.

Question 14

How were central Asian nomads most often connected with their neighbors in villages and towns?

A) religion
B) government
C) education
D) commerce

Question 15

The Seljuks underwent what major transformation in taking over Persian lands?

A) conversion to Christianity
B) change to a settled way of life
C) abandonment of Turkish customs
D) replacing Turkish with Farsi at all levels of society

Question 16

What was the significance of the Battle of Manzikert?

A) It opened southern Asia to nomads.
B) It sidetracked the Seljuks so they never made it to Egypt.
C) It got the Turks out of Anatolia.
D) It stopped the Mongols' advance.

Question 17

The main way of life for most central Asians was

A) farming.
B) military service.
C) herding.
D) commerce.

Question 18

Which of these Ghaznavid actions led to their overthrow?

A) attempting to rebel against the Mongols
B) moving the capital to China
C) abandoning the nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols
D) allowing the Seljuks to move into Persia

Question 19

The Song allied with which of these people to overcome the Khitans?

A) Xiongnu.
B) Yuan.
C) Jurchens.
D) Mongols.

Question 20

Many poor nomads rejected the lifestyles villagers and townspeople because

A) they saw themselves as unfettered and free.
B) they saw corruption in the wealthy villages.
C) village life was much poorer than nomadic life.
D) religion was forced upon the townspeople.

Question 21

Yelü Chucai was

A) Genghis Khan's most beloved wife.
B) a Confucian scholar of Khitan heritage.
C) a Uighur Buddhist monk.
D) a Jurgen military engineer.

Question 22

Which of the following innovations resulted from the Mongols' connections with the Chinese and Turks?

A) the stirrup
B) the bow
C) the catapult
D) chemical weapons

Question 23

How did Khubilai Khan's actions differ from those of most Mongols?

A) He was a pacifist; they were militaristic.
B) He embraced Chinese customs; they rejected them.
C) He rejected the idea of expansion; they endorsed it.
D) He remained nomadic; they wanted to settle in the lands they conquered.

Question 24

Until they overcame it, hich of these was the greatest barrier to Mongol rule of Southwest Asia?

A) the Sultanate of R?ūm
B) Fatimid Cairo
C) Abbasid Baghdad
D) Byzantine Constantinople

Question 25

The Tibetan tribes who established the Xi Xia regime were called the

A) Tanguts.
B) Seljuks.
C) Ghaznavids.
D) Mongols.

Question 26

What group arose in response to Seljuk persecution of Shi'ites?

A) Sufism
B) the Assassins
C) Wahhabism
D) Sunni Islam

Question 27

Khubilai Khan did all of the following EXCEPT

A) defeat the Song dynasty.
B) established the Mongol capital at Khanbalikh.
C) become both Mongol Great Khan and Emperor of China.
D) conquer Japan.

Question 28

Because of their loss of status, hich of these were most resentful of Yuan rule in China?

A) Chinese women
B) Confucian scholars
C) Mongol warlords
D) Christian missionaries

Question 29

The Great Seljuk Empire was consolidated and expanded by

A) Genghis Khan.
B) Khubilai Khan.
C) Sultan Alp Arslan.
D) Shi'ite warlords.

Question 30

The Mongols' first alliance was with the

A) Tanguts.
B) Uighurs.
C) Seljuks.
D) Chinese.

Question 31

How did Genghis Khan justify his attack on the Khwarazm?

A) They refused to pay tribute to the Mongols.
B) They allied with the Chinese in trying to rebel against Mongol rule.
C) They robbed and massacred merchants under Mongol protection.
D) They were Christians.

Question 32

Which of these was relentlessly persecuted by the Seljuk rulers of Persia?

A) Sunni Muslims
B) Shi'ite Muslims
C) Persian scholars
D) merchants

Question 33

Khubilai Khan's brother, Hülegü, did all of the following EXCEPT

A) conquer Baghdad.
B) defeat the Assassins.
C) defeat the Mamluks.
D) murder the Abbasid caliph.

Question 34

The Seljuk Sultanate of ?R?ūm claimed the same political descent as which of these?

A) the Byzantine emperors
B) the Fatimid rulers of Egypt
C) the caliphs in Córdoba
D) the Ghaznavid rulers

Question 35

Khubilai Khan's capital, Khanbalikh, is today known as

A) Canton.
B) Hangzhou.
C) Beijing.
D) Shanghai

Question 36

Which of these was the focus of Mongol unity?

A) common tribal identity
B) loyalty to the khan
C) common religious heritage
D) shared descent from one family

Question 37

The holy wars known as the Crusades were initially launched by

A) the Seljuks in support of the Eastern Roman Emperor.
B) the Christian West in support of the Eastern Roman Emperor.
C) Saladin in support of the Sultanate of Rum.
D) the Kwarzam in support of Christians in Jerusalem.

Question 38

The Mongols learned to read and write through their interaction with

A) the Uighur Turks.
B) the Chinese.
C) Western merchants.
D) the Russian Orthodox missionaries.

Question 39

Which of Genghis Khan's sons was succeeded him as Great Khan?

A) Ögödei
B) Khubilai
C) Yelü Chucai
D) Hülegü

Question 40

The assassination of Nizam al-Mulk and the death of Malik Shah caused a(n)

A) civil war in China.
B) succession crisis in China.
C) succession crisis in the Seljuk realm.
D) assassination of the Mongol leader.

Question 41

Which of these led to the disintegration of the Il-Khans, the Khanate of Jagadai and the Chinese Mongol dynasty?

A) the bubonic plague
B) dynastic succession conflicts
C) nationalist uprisings
D) religious differences

Question 42

The Khanate of the Golden Horde was the Mongol realm of

A) China.
B) Japan.
C) Manchuria
D) Russia.

Question 43

Why was printing first refused by Muslims?

A) their illiteracy
B) on religious grounds
C) their lack of wood for blocks
D)their lack of paper-making technology

Question 44

Which of these formerly persecuted groups benefited from the reign of Mahmud Ghazan?

A) Confucian scholars
B) Sufis
C) Shi'ites
D) Christians

Question 45

Which of these most facilitated the spread of the bubonic plague from China west?

A) Mongol mercenaries hired by the Seljuks
B) new connections created by the Pax Mongolica
C) shipping in the Indian Ocean
D) increased European travel to China

Question 46

Zhu Yuanzhang was a poor peasant who led China in defeated the Mongols.

Question 47

Farming was the main way of life for most Central Asians.

Question 48

Compared to Marco Polo's, whose account of travel among the Mongols is considered much more reliable?

A) Ibn Battutu.
B) Jagadai Khan.
C) Zhu Yuanzhang.
D) Tamar of Georgia.

Question 49

The Il-khans demonstrated Mongol borrowing by converting to

A) Christianity.
B) Judaism.
C) Shi'a Islam.
D) Sunni Islam.

Question 50

Which of these cities gained in prominence as a result of the conquests of Batu Khan?

A) Kiev
B) Baghdad
C) Moscow
D) Tabriz

Question 51

Whose writings led to an increased interest in East Asia by Europeans?

A) Marco Polo
B) Ibn Battuta
C) Zhu Yuanzhang
D) Khubilai Khan

Question 52

The Tatar Yoke refers to

A) Russian conquest of Kiev.
B) Mongol domination of Russia.
C) Russian oppression of the Mongols.
D) Kiev's domination of Russia.

Question 53

Which of the following was NOT a problem that led to the overthrow of the Mongols in China?

A) Japanese invasion
B) famine
C) floods
D) outbreaks of plague

Question 54

How did Mongol government in Russia differ from the governments in other conquered territories?

A) The Mongols ruled Russia indirectly and did not adopt Russian customs.
B) The Mongols ruled Russia indirectly but adopted the Russian writing system.
C) The Mongols ruled Russia indirectly but embraced Russian religion.
D) The Mongols ruled Russia indirectly but imposed their religious beliefs.

Question 55

Genghis Khan's title means "scourge of God."

Question 56

The "self-sacrificers" were Sunni Muslims, also called Assassins.

Question 57

Printing was initially rejected by Muslims in Southwest Asia.

Question 58

The warrior Saladin ended Shi'ite rule in Egypt and ousted Christians from Palestine.

Question 59

Genghis Khan favored a nomadic lifestyle even after conquest. Some of his successors abandoned that practice, opting for a more sedentary lifestyle. Which of his successor most closely maintained the nomadic lifestyle?

A) Khubilai Khan
B) Ögödei
C) Hülegü
D) Kaidu

Question 60

The Mongols did all of the following EXCEPT

A) devise an effective administration to manage their vast realm.
B) create a long distance postal system.
C) put an end to commerce with the West.
D) produce an era known as the Pax Mongolica, or Mongolian Peace.

Question 61

Discuss the reasons for the fall of the Mongol Empire.

Question 62

The Mongols created the largest land empire that the world has ever seen.

Question 63

Evaluate the role of women in central Asian nomadic society.

Question 64

What was the goal of the "Old Man of the Mountain"?

Question 65

What dynasty was founded by the Mongols in China?

Question 66

Evaluate the reasons for the unprecedented success of the Mongols.

Question 67

Discuss the problems of succession that perpetually plagued the Mongol Empire.

Question 68

What religion did the Seljuk Turks adopt?

Question 69

What pandemic was greatly facilitated by the Pax Mongolica?

Question 70

What was the main form of religion of Central Asians?

Question 71

Discuss Genghis Khan's childhood and his rise to power as the leader of such a massive empire.

Question 72

What was the richest and most prosperous khanate?

Question 73

Khubilai Khan proved to be Genghis Khan's most able and talented heir.

Question 74

What region was attacked by Batu Khan?

Question 75

Evaluate the use of reconnaissance by the Mongols.

Question 76

Which city was conquered by the Mongols, thus ending the Abbasid dynasty?

Question 77

Because Khubilai Khan embraced Chinese customs, he was welcomed by the Chinese.

Question 78

Who were the Assassins?

Question 79

Discuss the conquest of Russia by the Mongols.

Question 80

What was the Pax Mongolica?