Short Answer


Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1 Though the empire was divided after Chinggis Khan's death in 1227, the four __________ or kingdoms that emerged in the struggles for succession ruled most of Asia.
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2 Born Temujin, __________ was elected Khagan of all Mongol tribes in 1206.
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3 The meeting of all of the Mongol chieftains or __________ elected the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes.
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4 The title of the supreme ruler of the Mongol tribes was __________.
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5 Mongol forces were divided into armies made up of basic fighting units called __________.
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6 The Turkic ruler of Khwarazm, __________ II, attempted to resist the Mongol conquest but failed.
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7 Chinggis Khan refused to live in the cities of conquered peoples and built a new capital at __________ on the steppes.
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8 __________, the third son of Chinggis Khan, was elected Grand Khan of the Mongols after his father's death.
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9 The __________ was one of the four regional subdivisions of the Mongol empire after the death of Chinggis Khan and covered much of what is today south-central Russia.
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10 One of the four regional subdivisions of the Mongol empire after Chinggis Khan's death, the __________ khanate eventually conquered much of the Abbasid empire.
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11 Chinggis Khan's grandson, __________, was responsible for the invasion of Russia beginning in 1236.
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12 Prince __________ saved the city of Novgorod from the Mongols by submitting to Mongol demands.
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13 The princes of Moscow along with other Russian vassals raised an army that defeated the forces of the Golden Horde at the battle of __________.
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14 __________ was the name given to a mythical, rich, and powerful Christian monarch whose kingdom had supposedly been cut off from Europe by the Muslim conquests.
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15 __________, ruler of the Ilkhan khanate, was responsible for the capture and destruction of Baghdad.
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16 The Mongols were finally defeated in the Middle East by the armies of the __________, a slave dynasty of Egypt.
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17 The commander of the Egyptian forces at the battle of Ain Jalut was __________, who had originally been enslaved by the Mongols.
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18 Hulegu was threatened by his cousin __________, the khan of the Golden Horde who had converted to Islam.
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19 A grandson of Chinggis Khan, __________ was commander of the Mongol forces responsible for the conquest of China and the founder of the Yuan dynasty.
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20 The Mongol capital in China was located at __________ or Beijing.
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21 The influential wife of Kubilai Khan, __________, promoted the interests of Buddhists in China.
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22 The most famous dramatic work of the Yuan period was the __________, indicative of the continued literary vitality of China during Mongol rule.
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23 Secret religious sects, such as the __________, were dedicated to the overthrow of the Yuan dynasty.
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24 A man from an impoverished peasant family, __________, emerged to found the Ming dynasty.
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25 Leader of Turkic nomads, __________ launched a series of attacks in the 1360s from his base at Samarkand into Persia, the Fertile Crescent, India, and southern Russia.
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