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Spencer-Yuan Dynasty
True or False Questions about Yuan Dynasty
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Yuan Dyansty was religiously tolerant | True |
| Khubilai Khan spent 4 years fighting with contenders for power | True |
| Khubilai sent 10,000 ships to Japan | False, he sent around 4,500 ships |
| Khubilai conquered Chian through a blitzkrieg | False, Blitkrieg was used in WWII |
| The Mongols persecuted anyone not following steppe shamanism | False, Mongols were tolerant of religions |
| Mongols forbade the mixing of Chinese and Mongol culture | True |
| Mongols heavily invested into the Confucian education system | False, the Mongols avoided Confucianism |
| Lamaist Buddhists fought against the Mongols for power | False, the Lamaist Buddhists saw some khans as incarnates of Buddha |
| The Yuan Dynasty started in 1279 and ended in 1368 | True |
| The kamikaze winds aided the Mongol's blitzkrieg into Japan | False, kamikaze winds protected Japan and the Mongols never had a Blitkrieg |
| The first ruler of the Yuan Dynasty was Genghis Khan | False, first ruler was Khubilai Khan |
| China, Korea and the central Asis steppes was the area the Yuan Dynasty controlled | True |
| Karakorum was the Yuan Dynasty's capital | True |
| The Mongols used the humid jungles and guerilla tactics to conquer SE Asia | False, these factors prevented the Mongols from expanding into SE Asia |
| The Mongols slaughtered Confucians during the Yellow Turban Rebellion | False, Yellow Turban Rebellion was during the Han Dynasty |
| The Yuan Dynasty had a courier network used to communicate to other khans | True |
| The Mongols discouraged travel and movement to new lands | False, this helped expand Mongol influence |
| The Yuan Dynasty secured land routes allowing trade between China and Europe | True |
| The Mongols had little to no diplomats sent to different rulers or khanates | False, Mongols sent diplomats to almost every ruler or khan they could communicate with |
| Mongols needed people with specialized skills | True |
| Uigher Turks helped the Mongol admin. by providing literate and educated men | True |
| Uigher Turks also supplied the Turks with soldiers | True |
| The Mongols never had an economic problem | False, an economic downturn aided with the Mongol collaspe |
| The Mongols had too much gold and silver bullion, which made paper money worthless | False, the Mongols had too little bullion to back the paper money |
| The Bubonic Plague originated from Europe and strenghtened the Mongol regime | False, the Plague originated in China and weakened the Mongols |
| The Mongols created a communist regime that had a tight control over China | False, the Mongols never had communist ideas |
| Chinese forces captured the city Khanbaliq | True |
| Eurasian integration through trade allowed new philosophies and ideas to enter China | True |
| The Mongols saw themselves superior over the Chinese | True |
| The Chinese began to resist/rebel against the Mongols in the 1340's | True |
| The Mongols focused on agricultural techniques to grow their society | False, the Mongols were a nomadic society |
| The Mongols sorted each newly conquered city through the citizen's skill sets | True |
| The Yuan Dynasty was declared by Tamerlane | False, Yuan Dynasty was declared by Khubilai Khan |
| Chinese Mongols had good relations with other khans | True |
| Christians tried to convert and spread their faith to the Mongols | True |
| Mongols used Arabs, Persians, and some Europeans for administration | True |
| Mongols didn't struggle with ruling newly acquired lands | False, Mongols had numerous ruling and admin. technique problems |
| Steppe diplomacy created power struggles within the Mongols | True |
| The Mongols assimilated more into the Persians rather than the Chinese | True |
| The Mongols had supreme skill on flying machines used during their Blitzkrieg | False, the Mongols never had flying machines |