AP WORLD HISTORY
Mr Rooney
Chapter 18 Study Guide
Identifications:
Tughril Beg
Chinggis Khan(Temujin)
Tamurlane (Timur the Lame)
Sultan Mehmed II
Shamans
Saljuq Turks
Khanbaliq
Yuan Dynasty
Ottoman Turks
Bubonic plague
Mahmud of Ghazni
Khubilai Khan
Osman
Yurts
Khan
Manzikurt
Chaghatai
Ilkhanate of Persia
Lamaist Buddhism
Marco Polo
Hulegu
Turks
Kumiss
Sultan
Karakorum
Golden Horde
Uighur Turks
Istanbul
Study Questions:
1. What does the story of Guillaume Boucher represent? How does it fit in with
Mongol strategies for Eurasian integration?
2. How did the geography of central Asia affect the development of the nomadic
cultures? How did these people adapt to their environment? What advantages did
their adaptation give them?
3. Discuss the military organization, techniques and strategies of these Asian
nomads. How did these abilities make their military so formidable?
4. How did the Mongols come to conquer China? What were the key elements in
their success?
5. What does the textbook mean when it states that most of the Mongol leaders were
better conquerors than administrators? How was this evident in the various
Mongol states? Were there exceptions to the rule?
6. Through what means did the Mongols integrate Eurasian cultures? List and
explain at least five ways that they did this.
7. Discuss the role of epidemics in the decline of the Mongol Empires.
8. Who was Tamurlane, and what was his lasting legacy?
9. How did the Turks come to topple the Byzantine Empire?
10. What role did religion(s) play in the nomadic empires? What generalizations can
you make? What are the significant differences?