Beginning and end
Who started the Yuan Dynasty?
Kublai Khan
Who led the red turban rebellion?
Zhu Yuanzhang
Initially the Mongols resisted/welcomed (choose one) Chinese influence on their government.
Resisted
The Yuan's tolerance/intolerance (choose one) of Buddhism carried over to the Ming dynasty and impacted the rest of china.
Tolerance
True or False: The Yuan created the Silk road
False
What was the rebellion that helped bring the Yuan empire to it's demise
The Red Turban Rebellion
Who was the successor of Temur Khan who was emperor when the Yuan dynasty began its rapid collapse?
Kulug Khan
The Yuan Dynasty was ruled over by a total of how many emperors?
10
True or false: Zhu Yuanzhang brought about a revolution that resulted in the creation of modern Chinese landscape painting
False: it was Zhao Mengfu
"The Golden Lotus" and "Journey to the West" were...
Two significant novels in 1492
When did the Yuan dynasty begin?
The year 1279 c.e.
What did Temur Khan do with the military that differed from his predecessor?
Didn't feel the need to invade and expand, (specifically he called off invasions of eastern Asia and Japan)
True or false: The Yuan government centered around a centralized bureaucracy and taxation system
true
What system did the Yuan create for organizing military divisions that was directly inherited by the Ming?
The decimal system
Why did Kublai Khan ask the pirates for help?
Because he recognized the effectiveness of grain transportation by sea, but he was not in a position to provide ships himself
Name one reason for the collapse of the Yuan dynasty other than the rebellions
Heirs battling for the throne and causing corruption, or Leaders kept themselves separate from natives an tried to use foreigners to control natives, or the issues with the grand canal
Who introduced paper currency and increased the empire's capacity for trade?
Kublai Khan
____ was the summer capital while ____ was the primary capital
Shangdu, Beijing
True or false: The Ming allowed princes to rule individual provinces, similarly to how Kublai Khan allowed rulers to administer their own regions
True
Which religion was endorsed by the mongols?
a) Buddhism
b) Shamanism
c) Daoism
Shamanism
What area covered the silk road and when controlled by the Khans, enriched and empowered them
The Hexi Corridor
Which son of Kublai Khan came into power in 1294 and increased Confucian influence?
Temur Khan
What art form involving self-expression and painting gained popularity during the Yuan Dynasty?
literati painting or wenrenhua
The Yuan mainly influenced which 2 centuries in terms of artistic diffusion
The 13th and 14th Centuries
Zhu Shijie was a notable mathematician who would often promote ________ _________ _______
Chinese Algebraic Methods