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Mongol Empire

Vocab

Question: What is a pastoralist?
Answer: A nomadic herder

Question: What does Genghis Khan mean?
Answer: universal ruler

Question: Japanese warlords would surround themselves with bodyguards of loyal warriors called...
Answer: Samurai

Question: A supreme general of the emperor's army in Japan is known as...
Answer: Shogun

Question: "Bushido" means...
Answer: Way of the warrior

Japan

Question: What is feudalism?
Answer: A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on their land.

Question: What was Japan's response to its first contact with Chinese culture?
Answer: The Japanese borrowed Chinese practices but adapted them.

Question: What caused the Fujiwara family to lose power?
Answer:

Question: How did feudalism function in Japan?
Answer: Small landowners or farmers traded their land to warlords in exchange for protection from the lawlessness of the countryside.

Question: Why were the Japanese missions to Tang China so important?
Answer: Returned with information and ideas that helped shape Japanese culture.

Military Life and Warfare

Question: What was the Pax Mongolica?
Answer: A period of Mongol Peace.

Question: How did the Mongols successfully use biological warfare?
Answer: They would catapult black-plague-infected cadavers over town walls to infect a population.

Question: Military promotion was based on what?
Answer: Merit

Question: Immediately after the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol empire continued to....
Answer: Expand and conquer

Question: List two infamous Mongol battle tactics:
Answer: Up to Mr. Gomez

Communication, Travel, Commerce

Question: The system of post-horses used for communication across the Mongol Empire are called?
Answer: Yams

Question: Why would Mongols concern themselves with the safe passage of traders?
Answer: They were able to tax the traders, luxury goods were desired.

Question: The Mongols are from a region of dry grassland known as the…
Answer: Steppes

Question: The Mongols lived in round felt-covered tents known as
Answer: Yurts

Question: What were the four Khanates?
Answer: Russian Khanate (Golden Horde)
Persian Khanate (Ilkhanate)
Central/Western Asia (Chagatai)
North Asia/China/Mongolia (Khanate of the Great Khan)


Law, Custom, Religion

Question: Why was the crime rate under Mongol rule so low?
Answer: People feared the harsh punishments

Question: How did Mongols view religion?
Answer: They were tolerant and believed no one path to god is greater than another

Question: How did the Mongols treat conquered peoples under their rule?
Answer: Respected their culture, did not try to make them convert, often adopted customs of conquered people

Question: What was Mongol law regarding marriage?
Answer: Each man could keep as many wives as he wanted.

Question: How did the Mongols treat their Chinese subjects?
Answer: They kept them at a distance, the Chinese boeyed different law, and were unable to run for high office.