Deck 12: C: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage the Mongol Moment 1200-1500

Question 1

What aspects of Chinese civilization did Mongol rulers in the Yuan dynasty adopt?

A) The Chinese examination system
B) The traditional Confucian rituals
C) The disdain toward merchants
D) The practice of foot binding

Answer 1

The traditional Confucian rituals

Question 2

Which of the following was a long-term effect of the Black Death on European society?

A) Shrinking employment opportunities for women
B) Labor shortages that weakened serfdom
C) Better relations between landowners and workers
D) A lack of interest in technological innovation

Answer 2

Labor shortages that weakened serfdom

Question 3

Refer to Map 11.1 in the textbook.Which country was not conquered by the Mongols despite repeated invasions?

A) Persia
B) Russia
C) Korea
D) Japan

Answer 3

Japan

Question 4

Which of the following facilitated the creation of the Mongol Empire?

A) The territories the Mongols invaded were experiencing internal divisions.
B) The technology of the Mongols was superior to that of their adversaries.
C) Chinggis Khan had a precise blueprint for world conquest.
D) The tribal values of the Mongols functioned as a unifying ideology.

Question 5

Which of the following contributed to Temujin's rise to power and recognition as Chinggis Khan of the Great Mongol Nation?

A) The effect of the Black Death on agricultural and pastoral societies
B) The support of the clan of his father,who was a powerful chief
C) The incorporation of warriors from defeated tribes into his own forces
D) The construction of the largest navy in the world at the time

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of the Mongol rulers' policy toward people in the conquered territories?

A) Chinese and Muslim officials were allowed to hold advisory positions in government.
B) Conquered people were forced to convert their land into pastureland for Mongol herds.
C) A policy of segregation made conquered people a permanent underclass similar to slaves.
D) Conquered people were barred from the military and forced to adopt the pastoral lifestyle.

Question 7

Which of the following describes the role pastoral societies played in world history before the Mongol Empire?

A) They preserved the lifestyle of gathering and hunting societies.
B) They spread their polytheistic religions to neighboring civilizations.
C) They created a series of pastoral empires and controlled major trade routes.
D) They introduced new political models that reshaped the states of older civilizations.

Question 8

Which of the following resulted from Mongol rule over Russia?

A) The rise of Kiev to renewed prominence in Russian history
B) The adoption by Russian princes of the Mongols' diplomatic rituals
C) The dispatch of a Byzantine army that freed Russia from Mongol rule
D) The replacement of Orthodox Christianity by Roman Catholicism in Russia

Question 9

Why did pastoral societies emerge only in the Afro-Eurasian world and not in the Americas?

A) The environments in the Americas were not suitable for pastoral societies.
B) The settled societies in the Americas lacked the necessary military prowess.
C) There was a lack of large animals that could be domesticated in the Americas.
D) There were no agricultural societies with which to trade in the Americas.

Question 10

What role did Mongol women play in the administration of the Mongol empire?

A) They dominated the Bureau of Colonial Affairs.
B) They ruled independently in various parts of the empire.
C) They led armies in many of the invasions throughout Eurasia.
D) They advised on government policies and court decisions.

Question 11

A characteristic feature of pastoral societies was their

A) productivity.
B) stratification.
C) mobility.
D) wealth.

Question 12

In comparison to the Mongol conquests of Persia and China,Mongol rule in Russia

A) did not depend on local elites to govern.
B) was not accompanied by Mongol occupation.
C) penetrated all the way to the village level.
D) resulted in the creation of a mixed-race population.

Question 13

Which of the following describes pastoral societies' relationship with agricultural societies?

A) Pastoral societies were self-sufficient and did not interact with agricultural societies.
B) Pastoral societies sought foodstuffs,manufactured goods,and luxury items from agricultural societies.
C) Pastoral societies paid tribute to agricultural societies as a way to maintain diplomatic relations.
D) Pastoral societies were often raided by the professional armies of agricultural societies.

Question 14

Which of the following was a way in which the Mongols contributed to the globalization of the Eurasian world?

A) In providing a secure environment for traders,they facilitated long-distance international commerce.
B) Their immunity to several deadly diseases allowed them to maintain long-distance trade routes.
C) Their promotion of Islam as the only true faith in the empire gave the whole empire a shared culture.
D) The Mongol conquest of Japan linked the extreme ends of the Eurasian trade networks for the first time.

Question 15

Which of the following was an obstacle to the creation of large empires among pastoralists?

A) Lack of charismatic leaders
B) Lack of horses and weapons
C) Internal rivalry between clans
D) Ignorance of mounted warfare

Question 16

Which of the following describes the transformation of the Turkic people from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries?

A) They changed from military leaders of confederations to slave soldiers in the Mongol Empire.
B) They changed from rulers of agrarian civilizations to creators of pastoral empires in Africa.
C) They changed from polytheistic worshippers to followers and carriers of a monotheistic Islam.
D) They changed from farmers who occasionally hunted to pastoral peoples who occasionally farmed.

Question 17

Like the Arabs and the Persians,the Turks between the tenth and fourteenth centuries

A) accepted Confucianism and forced the Chinese Empire to pay them tribute.
B) created short-lived empires that disintegrated when the ruler died.
C) consistently maintained the pastoral lifestyle and resisted assimilation.
D) converted to Islam and introduced the religion to the areas they conquered.

Question 18

Which of the following was a pastoral empire that served as a model for the Turks and the Mongols?

A) Abbasid
B) Yuan
C) Almoravid
D) Xiongnu

Question 19

The most difficult and protracted of the Mongols' many conquests was in

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

Question 20

Which region gained the most from the exchanges of ideas and technologies facilitated by the Mongol Empire?

A) China
B) Europe
C) Sub-Saharan Africa
D) The Middle East

Question 21

Which of the following is an example of the types of exchanges facilitated by Mongol rule over much of Eurasia?

A) The establishment of a formal alliance between the Mongol Empire and the Holy Roman Empire
B) The diplomatic dialogues between Christian and Muslim rulers that brought an end to the Crusades
C) The merging of the Silk Roads with the trans-Saharan slave trade
D) The sharing of intelligence information between Persia and China

Question 22

Mongol rule in Russia facilitated the rise to power of which city?

A) Moscow
B) Kiev
C) Riazan
D) Sarai

Question 23

The Mongol Empire played a significant role in world history because it

A) introduced a new alphabet that became the basis for most of the languages in Eurasia.
B) created and,through its conquests,spread a new religion that is still practiced throughout Central Asia.
C) developed a hybrid civilization that blended together Persian,Chinese,and European culture.
D) brought together the pastoral peoples of inner Eurasia and the agricultural civilizations of outer Eurasia.

Question 24

As a corrective to past views of pastoral peoples,recent interpretations of their role in world history have drawn attention to their

A) development of cultures centered on horses,camels,or cattle.
B) lack of technological innovation and literary learning.
C) inability to adapt to inhospitable environments.
D) destruction of cross-cultural and commercial exchanges.

Question 25

What happened to the Mongols in Persia in the fourteenth century?

A) Persian generals drove the Mongols back to the steppes.
B) The Ottoman Empire defeated and enslaved the Mongols.
C) The Mongols assimilated into Persian society.
D) The Mongols were made serfs of Persian lords.

Question 26

Which of the following is a reason Western Europe was not conquered by the Mongols?

A) Western Europe lacked adequate pasture for Mongol herds.
B) Western Europe successfully resisted the Mongol invasions.
C) The Black Death had devastated the Mongol army.
D) European rulers formed an alliance with the Mongols.

Question 27

Why was promoting international commerce important to the Mongols?

A) They saw commercial activities as an honorable occupation.
B) They wanted to extract wealth from civilizations by taxing trade.
C) Most of what they produced was in high demand in distant markets.
D) They wanted to create a global market for their products.

Question 28

Which of the following was a feature of Mongol rule?

A) Persecution of merchants
B) Hostility toward commerce
C) Tolerance of all religions
D) Kindness toward conquered peoples

Question 29

Which of the following is an example of the ideas and techniques exchanged within the Eurasian network facilitated by Mongol rule?

A) The incorporation of the Mongol supreme sky god Tengri into the Hindu pantheon of gods and goddesses
B) The transmission to the Middle East of the Chinese practice of diagnosing illness by taking the pulse of patients
C) The use by Turkic rulers of European court rituals and ceremonies
D) The conversion of the Sanhaja Berber pastoralists to Christianity

Question 30

In what way were Europeans in the sixteenth century similar to Mongols in the thirteenth century?

A) Both were the most economically developed civilizations.
B) Both had their wealth plundered by surrounding civilizations.
C) Both were on the periphery of the major established civilizations.
D) Both possessed a naval technology that gave them a military advantage.