Chapter 11 Quiz

Question 1

Title meaning “universal ruler” that was given to the Mongol leader Temujin in 1206 after he united the Mongols.

Answer 1

Chinngis Khan

Question 2

Emerging out of an Islamic reform movement among the Sanhaja Berber pastoralists in the eleventh century, This empire incorporated a large part of northwestern Africa with its capital in Marrakesh. In 1086 it crossed into southern Spain where it offered vigorous opposition to Christian efforts to conquer the region. The empire had collapsed by the mid-twelfth century.

Answer 2

Almoravid Empire

Question 3

Name later given to the massive plague pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331; it is usually regarded as an outbreak of bubonic plague

Answer 3

Black Death

Question 4

Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca. 1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia.

Answer 4

Hulegu Khan

Question 5

Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294.

Answer 5

Quiblai (Kubilai) Khan

Question 6

A Mongol princess (ca. 1260-1306) whose exploits in battle and wrestling, along with her choice of husbands, provide insight into the relative freedom and influence of elite Mongol women in their societies.

Answer 6

Khutulun

Question 7

Name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century; known to Russians as the “Khanate of the Golden Horde.”

Answer 7

Kipchak Khanate

Question 8

Leader of the Xiongnu Empire who united tribes in central Asia

Answer 8

Modun

Question 9

An ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han Dynasty.

Answer 9

Xiongnu Empire

Question 10

Way of life in which people depend on the herding of domesticated animals for their food.

Answer 10

Pastoralism

Question 11

Birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162-1227).

Answer 11

Timujin

Question 12

Nomadic people from central Asia who threatened settled empires

Answer 12

Turks

Question 13

Mongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means “great beginnings.”

Answer 13

Yuan Dynasty

Question 14

Third son of Genghis Khan. Sent Mongol armies to invade Kiev/Russia, Hungary, Poland and Northern China.

Answer 14

Ogedei Khan

Question 15

Four regional Mongol kingdoms that arose following the death of Chinggis Khan.

Answer 15

Khanate

Question 16

Sinification

Answer 16

Extensive adaptation of Chinese culture in other regions

Question 17

Mongol state that ruled Persia after abolition of the Abbasid empire in the thirteenth century

Answer 17

Ilkhanate

Question 18

Societies that rely on domesticated animals and unproductive land

Answer 18

Pastoral societies

Question 19

Empire centered in Persia that fought wars with Byzantium

Answer 19

Seljuk Turkic Empire