Question 1

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-A mongol princess (ca.1260-1306)whose exploits in battle and wrestling along with her choice of husbands provide insight into the relative freedom and influence of elite Mongol women in their societies.

Accepted Answer

Khutulun was a Mongol princess who was known for her martial prowess and refusal to marry unless her suitors could defeat her in wrestling. This demonstrates the relative freedom and influence of elite Mongol women in their societies.

Question 2

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca.1217-1265)who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan)of Persia.

Accepted Answer

The grandson of Chinggis Khan who became the first il-khan of Persia is Hulegu.

Question 3

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-An alternative kind of food-producing economy focused on the raising of livestock.It emerged only in the Afro-Eurasian world because in the Americas the absence of large animals that could be domesticated precluded a herding economy.

Accepted Answer

The definition describes pastoralism, which is the focus on raising livestock as a main source of food production. This type of economy emerged in the Afro-Eurasian world due to the domestication of large animals, which was not possible in the Americas.

Question 4

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Term used to describe half a century of military campaigns,massive killing,and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209.

Accepted Answer

The term "the Mongol world war" is used to describe the period of extensive military campaigns and empire building led by Chinggis Khan and his successors across Eurasia starting in 1209.

Question 5

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Mongol dynasty that ruled from 1271 to 1368;its name means "great beginnings."

Accepted Answer

The Yuan dynasty was established by the Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan, and it ruled over China from 1271 to 1368. The name means "great beginnings" in Mongolian.

Question 6

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to this Mongol leader in 1206 after he united the Mongols.

Accepted Answer

The title "universal ruler" was given to Temujin, who later became known as Chinggis Khan, after he united the Mongols in 1206.

Question 7

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-People from Central Asia,originally nomads,who spread westward into the Near East and into India;they created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 C.E.but had a more lasting impact on world history when they became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there.

Accepted Answer

The description matches the Turks, who were originally nomadic people from Central Asia and created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 C.E. They became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there.

Question 8

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Name later given to the massive pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331.

Accepted Answer

The Black Death or plague is the name given to the massive pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331.

Question 9

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r.210-174 B.C.E. )who created a centralized and hierarchical political system.

Accepted Answer

The great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire who created a centralized and hierarchical political system was Modun.

Question 10

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Emerging out of an Islamic reform movement among the Sanhaja Berber pastoralists in the eleventh century,this empire incorporated a large part of northwestern Africa with its capital in Marrakesh.In 1086,it crossed into southern Spain where it offered vigorous opposition to Christian efforts to conquer the region.The empire had collapsed by the mid-twelfth century.

Accepted Answer

The description matches the emergence and collapse of the Almoravid Empire, which was a Berber empire that emerged in the eleventh century and incorporated northwestern Africa with its capital in Marrakesh. It also crossed into Spain and offered opposition to Christian efforts to conquer the region before its collapse in the mid-twelfth century.

Question 11

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294.

Accepted Answer

Khubilai Khan was the grandson of Chinggis Khan and ruled China as the emperor of the Yuan dynasty from 1271 to 1294.

Question 12

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-People of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E.

Accepted Answer

The Xiongnu were the people of the Mongolian steppe lands who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E.

Question 13

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example .
-Name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century;known to Russians as the Khanate of the _______.

Accepted Answer

The name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century was the Kipchak Khanate, also known as the Golden Horde.

Quiz 12: D: Pastoral Peoples on the Global Stage the Mongol Moment 1200-1500

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -A mongol princess (ca.1260-1306) whose exploits in battle and wrestling along with her choice of husbands provide insight into the relative freedom and influence of elite Mongol women in their societies.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Grandson of Chinggis Khan (ca.1217-1265) who became the first il-khan (subordinate khan) of Persia.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Term used to describe half a century of military campaigns,massive killing,and empire building pursued by Chinggis Khan and his successors in Eurasia after 1209.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Mongol dynasty that ruled from 1271 to 1368;its name means "great beginnings."

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Title meaning "universal ruler" that was given to this Mongol leader in 1206 after he united the Mongols.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Name later given to the massive pandemic that swept through Eurasia beginning in 1331.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Great ruler of the Xiongnu Empire (r.210-174 B.C.E. ) who created a centralized and hierarchical political system.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Grandson of Chinggis Khan who ruled China from 1271 to 1294.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -People of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E.

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example . -Name given to Russia by the Mongols after they conquered it and incorporated it into the Mongol Empire in the mid-thirteenth century;known to Russians as the Khanate of the _______.