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Based on Crash Course World History the Mongols and Mankind: Story of US #mongols
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1
What causes Nomads to travel?
Comparative Advantage and Cultural Diffusion
Climate and agricultural conditions
Religious freedom
Fear of disease
2
How many people might Genghis Khan have been responsible for killing?
400 million
40 million
40 thousand
400 hundred thousand
3
The Yam System set up places where riders could get a fresh horse and food if they showed a
A special brand on their horse
Bronze passports
severed head of an enemy
The other half of Genghis Khan's friendship bracelet
4
Mongols moved people around their empire to help run the government, this caused
mixing and spreading of ideas and customs
All of these
cross culutural pollination
cultural diffusion
5
What food did the Mongols help spread around...
Rice
Olives
Yams
Avocados
6
The Mongols considered art and architecture to be very unimportant
True
False
7
The Mongols built boats to attack which country?
Mexico
Japan
England
Rome
8
How many direct descendents of Genghis Khan are alive today?
300 million
430 thousand
16 million
43 thousand
9
Mongols promoted trade, diversity, & tolerance; they also promoted slaughter & destruction
True
False
10
When there was less to go around, Mongols tended to
All of these
horde everything for themselves
conquer other people
share more with each other
11
Why did the Mongols reinvigorate trade on the Silk Road?
Taxes
Silk
Glassware
Conquest
12
How did the Mongols treat other religions?
They let them practice their religion
They forced them to convert to the Mongol religion
It depended on the religion, some were okay & some were not
They outlawed them
13
What enabled them to travel from one end of the continent to the other?
A medallion/passport
all of them
rest stops
horses
14
Which was more important to the Mongols?
art and architecture
religious diversity
politics
agriculture
15
It is possible that the Mongols could be responsible for the spread of the Black Death
True
False
16
What made the Bubonic plague more dangerous?
The dead came back as zombies
it infected animals and people
It became airborne
It was used as a weapon
17
What happened that made the Mongols need to spread their empire and conquer other lands?
They found horses
Climate change killed nearly all their animals
The Bubonic Plague
The invention of the cross bow
18
Before the unification of Mongolia how did the Chinese interact with the Mongols?
The Chinese bribed the Mongols to stay away
They avoided contact
They had mutual respect for one another
The Chinese had a large army and didn't need to do anything
19
Describe the living conditions of the nomads?
In the caves of the Pamir Mountains
Close to nature in harsh conditions
In the center of large cities
In well developed walled communities
20
Since Genghis Khan created no single poitical unit, his death left behind four Empires called
Gangam Styles
Khanstantinoples
Khanates
Ginghams
21
How would you describe the Silk Road under the Mongols?
Dangerous
All of these
Unused
Safe
22
What is needed if a country is going to win wars, trade good, and educate themselves?
They ability to communicate easily
The ability to make money
Cultivation of nutritional crops
Access to iron
23
Why are cities the key to the story of mankind?
It is where a lot of people live
It is where all the keys are made
they are centers of power, learning, and wealth
They get attacked and burned the most
24
The Mongol armies skills were based on
Their horses and archery
Their navy
Their spy network
Their siege engines
25
What were the two policies that Genghis Khan used to unite the different Mongol confederations?
He enslaved all the women and trained all the boys to fight
Promoted all the rich people in exchange for soldiers
promoted on merit & welcome the poor & displaced the rich
He outlawed trade and trained people to only conquer & steal
26
What made the Bubonic Plague so scary?
It fell from the sky
You couldn't see it coming, and didn't know how to heal it
It infected all the water
It was passed down to new born babies from their moms
27
What negative impact did the Mongols have on the Chinese government?
They abolished the government completely.
They stopped paying government salaries
They removed the Civil Service Exam.
No Chinese officials were permitted
28
How long did the Mongol Empire last?
8 years
80 years
8,000 years
800 years
29
Which one is NOT true about the Mongols?
conquered more land in 25 years than the Romans did in 400
“smashed the feudalsystem” and created international law
controlled more than11 million contiguous square miles.
created nations like Rome and even Japan
30
What did Genghis Khan consider to be his greatest accomplishment?
Conquering millions of people
uniting the Mongolian tribes
killing millions of people
conquering the largest land mass in history
31
What made Genghis Khan happy?
stealing, kidnapping, killing and making people cry.
peace, quiet, and a good book
money and buildings constructed in his honor
the love of his family and tribal members
32
What was the effect of Mongols being able to travel 300 miles per day on their horses?
They won a lot of races
They were very tired
arrived at cities faster than the news of their arrival
They became good a riding horses
33
At what age did Mongols start learning to ride horses?
6
4
10
3
34
Mongols were more _________ than other groups of people, especially where women were concerned.
egalitarian
sexist
stubborn
cheerful
35
What couldn't Mongols do on horses?
bathe
sleep
eat
ride without reins
