Ming, Qing and Yuan

Which of these played the largest role in Buddhism's spread throughout Asia from the 100s to the 700s CE?

• The Crusades

• The Silk Road

• Mongol invasions

• Persian missionaries

Genghis Khan united the Mongols and built an empire by combining

• Samurai warriors ruling the clans.

• shogunates within a feudal system.

• Mongol battle tactics with a belief in racial superiority.

• a superior cavalry with a confederation of tribes and clans.

This map depicts

• the greatest extent of the Mongol Empire.

• the area conquered by the Abbasid Empire.

• the greatest extent of the empire of Alexander the Great.

• the territory held by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

The Silk Road is MOST associated with

• Africa

• Eurasia

• Europe

• India.

· paper

· porcelain

· printing press

· navigational compass

All of these technological advances originated in

• China

• England

• Italy

• Japan

Which of these BEST explains why Shi Huangdi (259 - 210 BCE) ordered the burning of all books, except for those on medicine, divination, agriculture, and forestry, and ordered the live burial of more than 400 alchemists?

A)B)C)D)

• Ancestor worship required him to help ancestors in the afterlife.

• He was weeding out scholars and writing that might threaten his power.

• The public became angry during a time of family and scapegoated scholars.

• He offered a sacrifice to the gods to seek balance and harmony during instability.

Which of the Four Great Inventions is shown in this image?

• compass

• gunpowder

• papermaking

• printing

The Mongol Empire, shown here, controlled nearly the entire path of the ancient trade route called

• the Silk Road

• the Salt Route.

• the Road to El Dorado.

• the Path to Shangri La.

Which technology did Mongol invaders use that allowed them to gain superiority in land warfare, thus helping them expand their empire?

• catapult

• crossbow

• gunpowder

• stirrup

In 1271 Kublai Khan, formed the Yuan Dynasty in China. Where on the timeline should this be placed?

A)B)C)D)

• After 1453

• Before 1071

• Between 1206 and 1258

• Between 1258 and 1368