Mongols&nomads test review

TURKS

Xiongnu

Arabs

Masai

NomadsPastoral Societies How are they similar to hunter-gatherers?Nomadic Social & Political Structures not

urban

How are the different than hunter-gatherers?

Animals! More contact with settled civs.

How are they different from settled agricultural civilizations?

Population density was lessSocial Class Structure was more equitable and less

stratifiedPolitical Structure was often clan or tribe based

Nomads

How were the Xiongu, Mongols, Arabs, and Turks able to kick so much civilized butt?

TRIBES / CLANS united (at least for a while)

Nomads are like an army already

MONGOL CONQUESTSWhat allowed the Mongols to conquer and build a huge empire? (5,6,7)Give 5 reasons/characteristics that allowed the Mongols to dominate?

Mongols in CHINA – the Yuan DynastyMongol rule in China: the Yuan Dynasty (8,9)

How did the Yuan Dynasty change the Chinese political structure?

Mongols had the mandate! Scholar-officials out / Non-Chinese in

How did the Mongols change Chinese social structure?

Non-Chinese, Merchants, & Women’s status

Mongols in CHINA – the Yuan DynastyHow did the Mongols change Chinese culture?

They didn’t (at least not much).Buddhists gained some power

How did the Mongols / Yuan Dynasty fall?Typhoons destroyed the Mongol military as

they attempted to invade JapanMongols fought each otherDisease epidemics and inflationRebellions by Chinese peasants

Kamikaze Wind

Mongol IMPACTMONGOLS in CHINA, PERSIA, & RUSSIAWhich region was defeated by Mongol

armies?In which region were the Mongols MOST

destructive?In which regions did the Mongols build new

cities?In which regions did the Mongols use the

existing bureaucracy?In which regions were the native princes

allowed to rule as long as they sent tribute to Mongol rulers?

TEST REVIEW – Write on a half sheet of paper…

Give a similarity and a difference between the Mongols and the following civilizations …Tang and Song ChinaIslamic Empire (Arab Muslim)