Medieval Asia and Mongols Review

This is the vast grassland that stretches across Northern Asia

• Siberia

• Steppe

• Tibetan Plateau

• Ethiopian Highlands

What is true about the boundaries of the Mongol Empire?

• It included North and South America

• It was very small compared to other empires.

• It stretched across Europe and Asia.

• It was never peaceful or stable.

What advantage did the Mongols have over surrounding peoples?

• They were mostly literate, unlike China who mostly was illiterate

• They had more equality than surrounding peoples

• Their cavalry, fighting from horseback, unlike the Chinese who were not as well trained

• They didn't care about religion, where as the Chinese made Confucianism the official religion

Around 1200 CE, this person unified the Mongol Empire

• Kublai Khan

• Genghis Khan

• Confucius

• Marco Polo

To become a scholar official

• students had to know Buddhism
• Students had to be from noble families
• students had to make inventions
• students had to pass a difficult Confucian test 

A golden age is

• rise of cities
• when a society conquers others
• an age of invention
• when a civilization is at its highest in culture

Trade from China to Europe  

• made China poor
• Silk Road
• passed along the Grand Canal
• came across the East China Sea

How did the Song dynasty change the economy of China?

• Established monopolies and paper money
• Implemented new farming policies
• Gave people tax breaks
• Institute a series of mining production

What symbolized the status of women in the Song dynasty?

• Foot-binding
• Empress Wu
• The civil service exam
• The return of Confucianism

What were the two most influential advancements of the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties?

• Gunpowder and movable-type printing
• Engineering and art
• Poetry and medicine
• Astronomy and cartography