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Devastation brought by the bubonic plague played a key role in the fourteenth-century collapse of the
a. Tamerlane dynasty.
b. ilkhanate.
c. Chaghatai khanate.
d. Golden Horde.
e. Yuan dynasty.
e. Yuan dynasty.
The noble class, in nomadic society,
a. based their wealth and power on extensive landholdings.
b. was based on divine sanction.
c. ruled with absolute authority at all times.
d. was fluid, with many opportunities for rising and falling.
e. received their position through inheritance and couldn't lose it.
d. was fluid, with many opportunities for rising and falling.
The nomadic Turkish tribes made use of kumiss, which
a. were central Asian oxen.
b. were large tents made of felt.
c. was an alcoholic drink fermented from mare's milk.
d. was an iron lance.
e. were shaman priests.
c. was an alcoholic drink fermented from mare's milk.
At Manzikert in 1071 , the Saljuq Turks won an important victory over the
a. Chinese.
b. Byzantines.
c. Mongols.
d. Indians.
e. Abbasids.
b. Byzantines.
The Ghaznavid Turkish leader who raided and plundered India in the eleventh century was
a. Chinggis Khan.
b. Tamerlane.
c. Osman.
d. Mahmud.
e. Hulegu.
d. Mahmud.
During the period of Mongol domination,
a. unification was achieved by the implementation of a state religion.
b. interaction between different peoples of Eurasia was limited by Mongol cruelty.
c. trade slowed dramatically because of heavy taxation.
d. long-distance trade became much less risky.
e. trade was halted by the extension of the Great Wall of China.
d. long-distance trade became much less risky.
During their time as rulers of China, the Mongols
a. forbade the Chinese from learning the Mongol language.
b. strengthened the Chinese educational and examination system.
c. forged a lasting cultural and diplomatic exchange with Japan.
d. encouraged intermarriage between Mongols and Chinese.
e. made tremendous use of native Chinese administrators.
a. forbade the Chinese from learning the Mongol language.
Yurts were
a. the iron foundries that provided b. the Turks with a technological and military advantage.
c. the first powerful Turkish tribe.
the shamans who dominated.
d. tents used by the nomadic Turks.
e. Turkish chieftains.
d. tents used by the nomadic Turks.
The Delhi sultans
a. remained the last Hindu opposition to expanding Islamic authority.
b. claimed authority over all of northern India.
c. united all of southeast Asia for the only time in history.
d. won widespread support because of their unqualified tolerance of Hinduism and Buddhism.
e. became the first dynasty to unite all of India since the ancient world.
b. claimed authority over all of northern India.
In 1295, the Il khan Ghazan converted to this religion, causing it to become the favored religion in Persia.
a. Zoroastrianism
b. Islam
d. Buddhism
d. Judaism
e. Nestorian Christianity
b. Islam.
The Turkish peoples
a. abandoned their urban existence because of disease and economic pressures.
b. never formed a single, homogeneous group.
c. were a single, homogeneous group.
d. spread Islam to southwest Asia.
e. established a tightly structured centralized government.
b. never formed a single, homogeneous group.
The earliest religion of the Turkish peoples was
a. Hindu.
b. shamanistic.
c. Buddhist.
d. Nestorian Christian.
e. Islam.
b. shamanistic.
In 1279, Khubilai Khan proclaimed the
a. Qing dynasty.
b. Ming dynasty.
c. Song dynasty.
d. Han dynasty.
e. Yuan dynasty.
e. Yuan dynasty.
Khubilai Khan's religious policy featured
a. suppression of all religious services, in an effort to stabilize China internally.
b. a promotion of Buddhism and a support of Daoism, Christianity, and Islam.
c. specific suppression of Christianity because of its connection to Europe.
d. an attempt to incorporate the traditional Mongol shamanistic beliefs into China.
e. forced conversion to Islam.
b. a promotion of Buddhism and a support of Daoism, Christianity, and Islam.
Turkish military might was based on
a. their possessing much larger armies than their enemies.
b. their use of gunpowder.
c. their cavalry forces.
d. their extensive use of artillery.
e. their infantry.
c. their cavalry forces.
The founder of the Ottoman Turks was
a. Ilklan Ghazan.
b. Tamerlane.
c. Chaghatai.
d. Osman.
e. Mehmed II.
d. Osman.
Khubilai Khan's military and imperial pursuits
a. copied his father when he conquered Persia.
b. conquered eastern Europe.
c. incorporated Russia into the growing Mongol Empire.
d. had little success when he tried to conquer Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, and Japan.
e. successfully brought Japan under Mongol control.
d. had little success when he tried to conquer Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, and Japan.
The Mongol naval campaign against Japan in 1281
a. was a complete success.
b. conquered the northernmost islands of Japan.
c. was aided by a favorable wind that the Chinese came to call kamikaze.
d. was the largest seaborne expedition before World War II.
e. turned back because of the fear of disease.
d. was the largest seaborne expedition before World War II.
Karakorum was
a. the central Asian capital of the Mongols.
b. the leading god in the Mongol divine hierarchy.
c. the last powerful Mongol ruler.
d. the term applied to the Mongol policy of religious toleration.
e. the founder of the Mongol Empire.
a. the central Asian capital of the Mongols.
Chinggis Khan
a. relied heavily on the Chinese to fill major governmental positions.
b. created a tightly structured centralized government.
c. carried Chinese governmental techniques to Persia.
d. carried Persian governmental techniques to China.
e. did not establish a centralized government in the lands he conquered.
e. did not establish a centralized government in the lands he conquered.
Russia was dominated from the thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries by the
a. Golden Horde.
b. il khans.
c. Chaghatai Khans.
d. Great Khans.
e. Turks.
a. Golden Horde.
The environment of central Asia
a. was marred by such violent flooding that urbanization was almost impossible.
b. was dominated by devastating monsoon rains.
c. does not receive enough rain to support large-scale agriculture.
d. guaranteed a bountiful harvest.
e. facilitated urbanization because of its tremendous agricultural potential.
c. does not receive enough rain to support large-scale agriculture.
The term sultan means
a. "the chosen one."
b. "chieftain."
c. "first among equals."
d. "master of nature."
e. "consecrated before god."
b. "chieftain."
The capital of Tamerlane's empire was
a. Khanbaliq.
b. Samarkand.
c. Baghdad.
d. Beijing.
e. Karakorum.
b. Samarkand.
The largest empire of all time was created by the
a. Indians.
b. Chinese.
c. Incas.
d. Mongols.
e. Romans.
d. Mongols.
In the tenth century, the Turks living near the Abbasid Empire began to convert to
a. Buddhism.
b. Zoroastrianism.
c. Nestorian Christianity.
d. Islam.
e. Hinduism.
d. Islam.
Marco Polo spent almost twenty years at the court of
a. Chaghatai.
b. Hulegu
c. Chinggis Khan.
d. Tamerlane.
e. Khubilai Khan.
e. Khubilai Khan.
The political power of the khans was based on
a. a tightly structured imperial framework.
b. an educated class of scholarly bureaucrats-an idea borrowed from China.
c. an extension of the traditional Turkish urban kingship.
d. indirect rule through the leaders of allied tribes.
e. the shamanistic belief in the divinity of the ruler.
d. indirect rule through the leaders of allied tribes.
The Mongols brought about greater integration among Eurasian peoples by all of the following means except
a. increased trade.
b. resettlement of conquered peoples.
c. diplomatic missions.
d. a common state religion.
e. the establishment and maintenance of a courier network.
d. a common state religion.
The class structure of nomadic societies normally produced
a. no class distinctions.
b. a caste system copied from India.
c. a fluid breakdown into nobles and commoners.
d. a tightly-structured class system with little flexibility.
e. a division into nobles, warriors, farmers, and slaves.
c. a fluid breakdown into nobles and commoners.
In 1206 the Mongols gave the title Chinggis Khan, or "universal ruler," to
a. Hulegu
b. Tamerlane.
c. Temujin.
d. Ilkhan Ghazan.
e. Khubilai.
c. Temujin.
The late-fourteenth-century Turkish ruler who weakened the Golden Horde, sacked Delhi, and launched campaigns in southwest Asia and Anatolia, was
a. Khubilai Khan.
b. Chaghatai.
c. Tamerlane.
d. Osman.
e. Chinggis Khan.
c. Tamerlane.
The invasions of the nomadic Turkish and Mongol tribes between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries
a. facilitated greater cross-cultural communication and integration.
b. was brought to an end by increasingly powerful European states.
c. left nothing but devastation in their wake.
d. was inspired by their devotion to Islam.
e. led to the rise of a centralized imperial state that ran from China to Persia.
e. led to the rise of a centralized imperial state that ran from China to Persia.
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