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Crash Course #37 Wait for it....The Mongols!
Crash Course #37 Wait for it....The Mongols!
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1
What enabled them to travel from one end of the continent to the other?
all of them
horses
rest stops
A medallion/passport
2
What makes the Mongol Empire worthy of study?
Allowed people religious freedom
All of these
World largest empire ever
Spread the plague
3
This video is Conan ripping off Genghis Khan's definition of
war
peace
happiness
love
4
How would you describe the Silk Road under the Mongols?
Safe
Unused
Dangerous
All of these
5
The Mongols built boats to attack which country?
Japan
England
Mexico
Rome
6
Mongols promoted trade, diversity, & tolerance; they also promoted slaughter & destruction
True
False
7
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
severed head of an enemy
The other half of Genghis Khan's friendship bracelet
Bronze passports
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It is possible that the Mongols could be responsible for the spread of the Black Death
False
True
9
How did the Mongols treat other religions?
It depended on the religion, some were okay & some were not
They forced them to convert to the Mongol religion
They outlawed them
They let them practice their religion
10
Mongols moved people around their empire to help run the government, this caused
cultural diffusion
cross culutural pollination
mixing and spreading of ideas and customs
All of these
11
What do you call it when a historian focuses only on how one man or woman changed the world?
Herstory
Superman History
Great Man History
World Leader History
12
How many direct descendents of Genghis Khan are alive today?
300 million
16 million
430 thousand
43 thousand
13
Which one is NOT true about the Mongols?
controlled more than 11 million contiguous square miles.
conquered more land in 25 years than the Romans did in 400
created nations like Rome and even Japan
“smashed the feudalsystem” and created international law
14
When there was less to go around, Mongols tended to
All of these
share more with each other
conquer other people
horde everything for themselves
15
What were the two innovations that Genghis Khan used to unite the Mongol confederations?
He enslaved all the women and trained all the boys to fight
Promoted all the rich people in exchange for soldiers
He outlawed trade and trained people to only conquer & steal
promoted on merit & welcome the poor & displaced the rich
16
At what age did Mongols start learning to ride horses?
3
12
6
9
17
Mongols were more _________ than other groups of people, especially where women were concerned.
cheerful
sexist
egalitarian
stubborn
18
How did John Green describe the living conditions of the nomads?
Close to nature in harsh conditions
In the caves of the Pamir Mountains
In the center of large cities
In well developed walled communities
19
What causes Nomads to travel?
Climate conditions
Fear of disease
Religious freedom
Comparative Advantage and Cultural Diffusion
20
Since Genghis Khan created no single poitical unit, his death left behind four Empires called
Ginghams
Khanates
Gangam Styles
Khanstantinoples
21
What happened that made the Mongols need to spread their empire and conquer other lands?
The invention of the cross bow
Climate change caused massive drought
The Bubonic Plague
They found horses
22
The Mongol armies skills were based on
Their navy
Their spy network
Their siege engines
Their horses and archery
23
What was the effect of Mongols being able to travel 300 miles per day on their horses?
They won a lot of races
They became good a riding horses
arrived at cities faster than the news of their arrival
They were very tired
24
Why did the Mongols reinvigorate trade on the Silk Road?
Glassware
Taxes
Silk
Conquest
25
How many people might Genghis Khan have been responsible for killing?
40 thousand
400 hundred thousand
400 million
40 million
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How long did the Mongol Empire last?
8 years
80 years
8,000 years
800 years
