The Earth and Its Peoples Chapter 11 Questions
1. What factors made it possible for the Mongols to conquer and maintain their hold on such a large amount of territory? 2. How did the effects of Mongol domination differ in Russia and in the Muslim lands? How were they similar? 3. What effects did the Mongols have on the lands that lay on the periphery of their territories? 4. Why did trade, science, and technology flourish under the Mongols? 5. Who benefited the most from Mongol rule in the short term? In the long term? 6. How do the effects of Mongol rule on China compare with the effects of Mongol rule on Russia? 7. What caused the collapse of Mongol rule in China? 8. What effects did Mongol actions and Ming economic development have on Korea, Japan, and Vietnam?