Mongol Empire Quiz

Question 1

Who led the Chagatai Khanate?

Answer 1

Chagatai

Question 2

Who led the Il-Khanate?

Answer 2

Hulagu

Question 3

Who led the Khanate of the Golden Hord?

Answer 3

Batu

Question 4

Who led the Khanate of the Great Khan?

Answer 4

Kublai Khan

Question 5

Beginnings: How & why was it founded?

Answer 5

-Started as a loose collection of tribes on the steppes north of China
-Drought & Climate change

Question 6

Leadership: Who founded it and led its expansion & governance?

Answer 6

-First led by Genghis Khan; after his death divided into the 4 khanates where his sons and grandsons led.
-Used violence
-Reorganized social structures
-Didn’t force religion on others
-Won victories and allies by his abilities as a military leader

Question 7

Unifying Factors: What characteristics, factors, policies served to unify the empire?

Answer 7

-United desperate tribes into a confederation
-Expansion of networks connected eastern and western halves of Eurasia
-Increase in the amount of goods that traveled east to west
-Tolerant of various religions (hence why it was called a religious melting pot)
-Adopted customs & technologies of conquered people
-Connections between East and West very close
-Silk Road helped to facilitate trade
-Commercial, technological, and cultural exchanges helped create greater interconnectedness

Question 8

Problems: What challenges did the empire/leaders face in expanding & governing?

Answer 8

-Physical features hindered trade
-Yuan policies about foreigners created division; led to decline
-Depended on subjects to run the empire, which weakened the empire
-Power vacuum was created after Kublai Khan’s death
-Too big for one person to rule
-Khans came into conflict and power was diminished
-Black Death/disease spread
-Climate change

Question 9

Achievements: What are its major accomplishments & achievements?

Answer 9

-Largest land empire
-Conquered and reshaped the world for 150 years
-Most important centers of manufacturing in the world
-Trade boomed with the Silk Road
-Exchanged information in Chinese & Muslim schools.
-New ideas & Goods
-Pax Mongolica
-Conquered parts of Europe and Asia
-Maritime trade
-Agricultural Innovations
-Safe route of travel: Silk road