Unit 1/Unit 2

Question 1

Batu:

Answer 1

Ruler of the Golden Horde.

Question 2

Bubonic Plague:

Answer 2

Pandemic involving bacterial infection caused by Yersinia Pestis.

Question 3

Cannon:

Answer 3

War weapon.

Question 4

Genghis Khan:

Answer 4

Mongolian warrior-ruler, and one of history’s greatest conquerors. (Ruled from 1206-August 1227.)

Question 5

Gobi Desert:

Answer 5

Asian desert stretching from South Mongolia to North China.

Question 6

Golden Horde:

Answer 6

Mongol and later Turkicized Khanate (Con-nate,) established in the 1200’s and originating as the northwest sector of the Mongol Empire.

Question 7

Hulegu:

Answer 7

Mongol ruler who conquered much of southwest Asia.

Question 8

Il-Khanate:

Answer 8

Part of the Mongol Empire that covered much of modern Iran and parts of Turkmenistan, Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Question 9

Khan:

Answer 9

Title given to Mongol leaders meaning “supreme ruler.”

Question 10

Khanates:

Answer 10

States ruled by a Khan.

Question 11

Kublai Khan:

Answer 11

Ruler of the Mongol Empire from 1260-1294.

Question 12

Kuriltai:

Answer 12

Assembly of Mongolian/Turkic clans.

Question 13

Ming Dynasty:

Answer 13

Succeeded the Mongol Yuan dynasty in China from 1368-1644.

Question 14

Mongols:

Answer 14

Nomadic people and formidable pastoralists (cattle/sheep farmers,) who lived in the steppes of central Asia.

Question 15

Moscow:

Answer 15

Russia’s capital city.

Question 16

Pax Mongolica:

Answer 16

(“Mongol peace,”) describes a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire during the 1200’s/1300’s.

Question 17

Siege Weapons:

Answer 17

Weapons used to attack castles.

Question 18

Uyghur Alphabet:

Answer 18

Version of the Arabic alphabet used to write the Uyghur language.

Question 19

White Lotus Society:

Answer 19

Secret religious society dedicated to overthrowing the Yuan dynasty in China.

Question 20

Yuan Dynasty:

Answer 20

(1279-1368.) China’s first foreign-ruled dynasty to commandeer the entire nation.

Question 21

Zhu Yuanzhang:

Answer 21

Founder/first emperor of the Ming dynasty in China.