How did the Mongolian empire become wealthy during the Yuan Dynasty?

they had high taxes and profits from trade that brought wealth

How did the Chinese and the Mongols interact during the Yuan Dynasty?

The Chinese and Mongols stayed mostly seperate in law and taxes.

What religions did the Mongols let other people practice?

Buddhism, Islam, and Confusionism

How did the nomadic people use the lands of the Asian steppe?

They hunted, herded animals, and traded with the Chinese.

What was the major accomplishment of Kublai Khan?

He completed the conquest of China and founded the Yuan dynasty.

What was significant about the area the Mongols conquered?

It was the largest contiguous land empire in world history.

What led to the eventual downfall of the Mongolian empire?

flooding, rising taxes, and Chinese groups rebelled agains the Mongols

What was the Mongolian relgion like?

They believed in ancestor worship and natural spirits.

What three things did Ghengis Khan do to expand his territory?

warriors shot arrows while riding, burned towns, used a messenger system

What benefit was there from the stability of the “Pax Mongolica”?

political stability allowed goods, people, and ideas to travel across Asia

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1
How did the Mongolian empire become wealthy during the Yuan Dynasty?
they sold porcelain and other ceramics to foreign merchants
they were able to sell cattle to traders
they sold crops to nearby regions after a famine
they had high taxes and profits from trade that brought wealth
2
How did the Chinese and the Mongols interact during the Yuan Dynasty?
They interacted a lot especially in marrying each other.
They interacted a lot and integrated their laws.
The Chinese and Mongols stayed mostly seperate in law and taxes.
They did not interact at all.
3
What religions did the Mongols let other people practice?
Buddhism, Judaism, and Daoism
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Buddhism, Islam, and Confusionism
Traditional religions, Christianty, and Confusionism
4
How did the nomadic people use the lands of the Asian steppe?
They built large Islamic mosques.
They planted crops like wheat and rice.
They hunted, herded animals, and traded with the Chinese.
They practiced using new weapons like gunpowder.
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What was the major accomplishment of Kublai Khan?
He created a new trade route to the Americas.
He created a new way to grow rice in the plains of Asia.
He conquered Japan with his expanded navy.
He completed the conquest of China and founded the Yuan dynasty.
6
What is a steppe?
a hot rainforest climate
an area that leads up a mountain
the cold, tundra regions of Asia
a dry, teperate grassland
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What was significant about the area the Mongols conquered?
It was part of the old Roman Empire that was reunited.
It was the largest contiguous land empire in world history.
It was close to major rivers they could use for travel and trade.
The area included India and Japan as a part of the empire.
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What led to the eventual downfall of the Mongolian empire?
trade stopped and people grew angry
the Huns invaded from the Asian steppe
flooding, rising taxes, and Chinese groups rebelled agains the Mongols
the army of Japan invaded mainland Asia
9
What was the Mongolian relgion like?
They believed in Islam that they adopted from traders.
They believed in ancient gods and goddess from Greek mythology.
They believed in Buddhism after interacting with the Chinese.
They believed in ancestor worship and natural spirits.
10
What three things did Ghengis Khan do to expand his territory?
warriors shot arrows while riding, burned towns, used a messenger system
organized the tribes together, used guns in battle, and created a big navy
created a large navy, bruned towns, used hand-to-hand combat
used a messenger system, used guns in battle, released prisoners of war
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What benefit was there from the stability of the “Pax Mongolica”?
the stability gave their enemies a chance to attack
political stability allowed for more crops to be grown on the steppe
political stability allowed goods, people, and ideas to travel across Asia
the stability allowed Mongolian religion to spread across Asia
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What weapons did the Mongols learn about in China?
fire-lance and catapult
bronze sword and gunpowder
gunpowder and the fire-lance
bow and arrow and iron swords

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