Unit 2 MKP

Question 1

Genghis (Chinggis) Khan

Answer 1

1162-1227
-Founder and Great Khan of Mongol Empire
-United nomadic tribes in Asia and became largest/contiguous empire
-Stabilized/facilitated Silk Road and trade

Question 2

Kublai Khan

Answer 2

1215-1294
-Grandson of Genghis Khan
-Conquered China and created Yuan (Mongol) dynasty there

Question 3

Marco Polo

Answer 3

1254-1324
-Venetian merchant/explorer who traveled to Yuan, China
-was close with Mongols and spent time with Kublai Khan
-traveled throughout much of Asia

Question 4

Mansa Musa

Answer 4

1280-1337
-King of Mali famous for his Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
-he stopped and gave gifts on his way which ruined local economies

Question 5

Ibn Battuta

Answer 5

1304-1369
-Moroccan explorer throughout Africa, Arabian peninsula, and Asia
-his journey was published in the Rihla

Question 6

Zheng He

Answer 6

1371-1433
-Chinese court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral
-commanded voyages in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and east Africa
-voyages meant to reestablish China in Indian Ocean trade

Question 7

Chabi

Answer 7

1225-1281
-empress consort of Kublai Khan & unofficial adviser
-suggested better treatment of northern Chinese

Question 8

Johannes Gutenberg

Answer 8

1400-1468
-German printer/publisher who introduced moveable type print to Europe
-start3ed printing revolution

Question 9

Sundiata

Answer 9

1217-1255
-founder of Malian Empier
-history recorded in poem of Epic of Sundiata, transmitted orally by story telling