Nomadic Empires

Question 1

The people living in the steppes usually produced no literature themselves, so our knowledge of nomadic societies comes from?

Answer 1

1. Chronicles.
2. Travelogues.
3. Documents produced by city-based litterateurs.

Question 2

The authors who produced documents about the steppe dwellers were often extremely ________ and _____

Answer 2

Ignorant and biased

Question 3

What attracted many literati?

Answer 3

The imperial success of Mongols

Question 4

The literati came from a variety of backgrounds, which were?

Answer 4

1. Buddhists
2. Confucian
3. Christian.
4. Turkish.
5. Muslim.

Question 5

But some produced eulogies. What does that mean?

Answer 5

Eulogies means speech of praise

Question 6

The most valuable research done on Mongols was by_______ scholars

Answer 6

Russian

Question 7

When did Russian scholars do valuable research on Mongols?

Answer 7

This started in the 18th and 19th centuries as the Tsarist regime consolidated its control over Central Asia.

Question 8

Excellent research on Mongo languages, their society and culture was carried out by scholar_______

Answer 8

Boris Yakovlevich

Question 9

The most crucial sources are available in the languages:

Answer 9

1. Chinese.
2. Mongolian.
3. Persian.
4. Arabic.

Question 10

Other vital sources are available in:

Answer 10

1. Italian.
2. Latin.
3. French.
4. Russian.

Question 11

The Mongolian and Chinese versions of the earliest narrative of Genghis Khan were titled?

Answer 11

The secret history of the Mongols

Question 12

Gengis Khan ______ the Mongol people

Answer 12

United

Question 13

What was Genghis Khan’s political vision?

Answer 13

His political vision went far beyond the creation of a confederacy of Mongol tribes, he had an official order from God to RULE THE WORLD.

Question 14

Who were the two grandsons of GK?

Answer 14

Batu and Mongke

Question 15

What did Mongke do?

Answer 15

He warned the French ruler, Louis lX, of what the Mongols could do

Question 16

What did Batu do?

Answer 16

He devastated Russian lands up to Moscow, and sized , Poland and hungry

Question 17

The Mongols were linked by similarities of language to the:

Answer 17

1.Tatars
2. Khitan
3. Manchus
(East)
1. Turkic Tribes
(West)

Question 18

Some of the Mongols were ______ and some were ______

Answer 18

Pastoralists and hunter gatherers

Question 19

Explain the landscape of the region.

Answer 19

1. Mongols lived in the steppes of central Asia
2. This region was majestic landscape with wide horizons and rolling planes ringed by snow Altai mountains in the West.
3. There was the arid Gobi desert in the South.
4. It was drained by the Onon and Selenga reverse and springs from melting snow of the hills
5. There were many grasslands.
6. There was extreme temperature. Harsh ,long winters and brief, dry summers.
7. Agriculture was possible in pastoral regions during short parts of the year.

Question 20

Mongols did not take to _____

Answer 20

Farming

Question 21

Why no farming?

Answer 21

Their pastoral and hunting gathering economies were not able to sustain dense population settlements, hence the date and possessed no cities

Question 22

How were richer families more influential in local politics?

Answer 22

Rich families were larger and had many animals and pasture lands

Question 23

In winters, when game and provisions stored by the tribes run out, Mongol tribes had to ______

Answer 23

Wander in search of pastures

Question 24

Size of GK’s confederation was matched by ______ in the ______

Answer 24

Attila in the fifth century

Question 25

Attila’s political system was more durable. True or false?

Answer 25

False

Question 26

What was exchanged between the Chinese and the Mongols?

Answer 26

Agricultural produce, an iron utensils from China were exchanged for horses,fur, and game trapped in the steppe

Question 27

Why was the tension in commerce?

Answer 27

Sometimes both the trading groups applied MILITARY PRESSURE to enhance profit

Question 28

Why was great wall of China built?

Answer 28

Nomadic tribes frequently, invaded China. For the protection of China from these invasions, the great wall of China was built

Question 29

GK was born sometime around ______

Answer 29

1162

Question 30

He was born near _________

Answer 30

He was born near the Onon river in the north of present Day Mongolia

Question 31

Original name of GK

Answer 31

Temujin

Question 32

Who was his father and what was his name?

Answer 32

His father was Yesugei, chieftain of the Kiyat, a group of families related to the Borjigid clan

Question 33

What was his mother’s name?

Answer 33

Oelun-eke

Question 34

What was his wife’s name? What had happened to her?

Answer 34

Borte. She was kidnapped and G K had to fight to recover her

Question 35

Who were GK important friends?

Answer 35

1. Boghurchu, his first ally who remained a trusted friend. 2. Jamuqa, his blood brother. 3. He restored old alliances with the ruler of the Kereyits, Ong Khan(his father‘s old blood brother)

Question 36

GK remained an ally of Ong Khan and used the alliance to?

Answer 36

Used the alliance to defeat powerful adversaries like Jamuqa (who later turned a hostile foe)

Question 37

After defeating Jamuqa, he felt confident enough to move to other tribes, which were..?

Answer 37

1. The powerful Tatars (his father’s assassins) 2. The Kereyits, and Ong khan himself

Question 38

What was assembly of Mongol chieftains called?

Answer 38

Quriltai

Question 39

In the Quriltai, GK was proclaimed as the_________

Answer 39

‘Great Khan of the Mongols’

Question 40

He was given the title____

Answer 40

‘Genghis Khan’, ‘The oceanic Khan’ or ‘universal ruler’

Question 41

Into which three realms was China divided before GK’s Chinese expedition?

Answer 41

1. The realm of the Hsi Hsia people of Tibetan origin in the north western provinces 2. The realm of Jurchen people whose Chin Dynasty ruled north China from Peking 3. The realm of Sung Dynasty who controlled South China