Mongol and Ming empires

Question 1

despot

Answer 1

a tyrant or a dictator

Question 2

khan

Answer 2

a mongol ruler

Question 3

smuggler

Answer 3

person who trades illegally

Question 4

steppe

Answer 4

vast area of vast lands

Question 5

tribute

Answer 5

a payment or a gift to stronger

Question 6

how Genghis and Kublai Khan expanded the Mongol empire

Answer 6

They expanded the Mongol empire through war and by opening up the silk road

Question 7

how the impact of the yuan dynasty on Chinese cultures

Answer 7

Changed social structure into 4 groups starting with the Mongols, foreigners, northern Chinese, and at the bottom southern Chinese. They kept Song bureaucracy and adopted rituals of Chinese court traditions. Symbols of Chinese royal power.

Question 8

1. What advantages helped Genghis Khan as he led early Mongol conquests?

Answer 8

He was a strong military leader who had an army of expert fighters.

Question 9

2. What was considered the greatest change under the Mongols in the Yuan dynasty?

Answer 9

They changed the social order.c

Question 10

3. What impact did the Mongols have on trade during the Yuan dynasty?

Answer 10

The Silk Road reopened and trade with foreigners increased.

Question 11

conquering china

Answer 11

To many rivers and canals so built fleet of boats with thousands of boats carry people across to fight