Quiz

1	By alluding to the story of Guillaume Boucher, the authors of the textbook intend to show that
			the goldsmith of Paris was talented in creating a spectacular silver fountain.
			the Mongol capital, Karakorum, was magnificent and luxurious.
			many roads led to Karakorum during the 13th century.
2	All of the following were prominent nomadic peoples from the 11th to the 15th centuries except
			the Huns.
			the Turks.
			the Mongols.
3	Nomadic peoples of central Asia
			lived in confused—kumiss and drank yurts.
			liked to trade with settled peoples.
			did not have any religious beliefs.
4	In nomadic society,
			there were only two social classes, nobles and commoners.
			clans and tribes were autonomous, and tended not to obey orders from nobles of other clans.
			the statuses of nobles and commoners were hereditary and unchanging.
5	Nomadic peoples of central Asia could wield massive military power primarily because of their
			outstanding cavalry forces.
			overwhelming numbers.
			superior weaponry.
6	Saljuq Turks who lived in Abbasid Persia and took over Byzantine Anatolia during the early 11th century were
			equal co-rulers with the Abbasid caliphs.
			led by Tughril Beg as sultan.
			resented by the peasants of Anatolia.
7	During the 11th and 12th centuries, Ghaznavid Turks
			invaded Afghanistan.
			converted to Buddhism and Hinduism.
			invaded northern India.
8	The man who united all the Mongol tribes into a single confederation in 1206 was
			Khubilai Khan.
			Hülegü.
			Chinggis Khan.
9	Speaking of the Mongols’ horsemanship, they could
			travel more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) per day to surprise an enemy.
			stand on horseback and throw javelins as far as 100 meters (328 feet).
			shoot arrows and fell enemies within 400 meters (1312 feet).
10	According to the eye witness account of Marco Polo, all but one of the following was not among the Mongols’ military tactics:
			avoiding regular medleys, but instead, riding around and shooting into enemies.
			pretending to run away, turning backward on horseback, and shooting hard on pursuers.
			in case of great urgency, fleeing from one’s enemies immediately.
11	Chinggis Khan led his army to Persia and wreaked massive destruction on the conquered land. The immediate reason for this havoc was
			to eliminate Islam.
			to gain revenge against the shah and eliminate the possibility of his survival.
			to make Persian lands into Mongol pastureland.
12	After Chinggis Khan’s death, the Mongol empire was divided into four regional empires. China, as one of the regional empires, was ruled by
			the great khans.
			the khans of the Golden Horde.
			the ilkhans.
13	All of the following contributed to the failure of Khubilai’s ventures in Japan and southeast Asia, except that
			the Mongol forces did not adapt well to the environment of southeast Asia.
			bubonic plague erupted, and took great tolls among the conquered populations.
			the Mongol navies were destroyed by Japanese kamikaze.
14	Observing Mongol rule in Persia and China, one can say that the Mongols were
			good administrators.
			ferocious plunderers.
			neither a nor b.
15	As for their rule in China, the Mongols
			resisted assimilation to Chinese cultural traditions.
			executed Confucian scholars and promoted Buddhism.
			encouraged intermarriage between Mongols and Chinese.
16	During the 13th century, long-distance trade in Eurasia increased primarily because
			the Mongols worked to secure trade routes and ensure the safety of merchants passing through their vast territories.
			Mongol rulers adopted the same paper currency that could be used within all the four regional empires.
			Mongol policies encouraged economic growth and specialization of production in various regions.
17	All of the following caused the decline of Mongol rule in China except
			peasant rebellions.
			bubonic plague.
			the mandate of Heaven.
18	The real name of the most famous Turkish leader, known as the lame conqueror, was
			Tamerlane.
			Timur.
			Tamerlane the Whirlwind.
19	Ottomans were
			descendants of the Mongols.
			Turkish people.
			Persians.
20	The man who led the Turkish army and captured Constantinople in 1453 was
			Osman.
			Tamerlane.
			Mehmed II.