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World history can cover unfamiliar civilizations and time periods. This guide will help you identify the most important events, peoples, and processes so that by the time you finish the chapter, you will have a solid grasp of the material — and be well prepared for the Chapter Quiz.
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Question 1
Section:
Nomadic and Settled Peoples
On Page 342, find the sentence beginning with the words: “Much of that commerce…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
Why did nomadic peoples of central Asia frequently engage in trade with settled agricultural societies?
Question 2
Section:
Nomadic Society
On Page 343, find the sentence beginning with the words: “Meanwhile, commoners could become…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
How did the social structure of nomadic societies allow for fluidity between the elite and commoner classes?
Question 3
Section:
Seljuq Turks and the Abbasid Empire
On Page 344, find the sentence beginning with the words: “For the last two…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
How did the Seljuq Turks transform the political structure of the Abbasid empire by the mid-eleventh century?
Question 4
Section:
Mongol Political Organization
On Page 346, find the sentence beginning with the words: “He broke up the…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
How did Chinggis Khan restructure Mongol society and the military to consolidate his power and eliminate tribal rivalries?
Question 5
Section:
Mongol Rule in China
On Page 352, find the sentence beginning with the words: “In China, by contrast,…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
How did the Mongols' approach to governing their subjects in Persia differ fundamentally from their administrative policies in China?
Question 6
Section:
Resettlement
On Page 353, find the sentence beginning with the words: “As a nomadic people,…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
Why did the Mongols implement a deliberate policy of resettling skilled individuals, and how did this practice contribute to Eurasian integration?
Question 7
Section:
Collapse of the Ilkhanate
On Page 355, find the sentence beginning with the words: “In the early 1290s,…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
What specific financial missteps contributed to the steep decline and ultimate collapse of the Mongol ilkhanate in Persia?
Question 8
Section:
Tamerlane's Heirs
On Page 357, find the sentence beginning with the words: “Tamerlane's sons and grandsons…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
Why did Tamerlane's massive Timurid empire experience severe stresses and ultimately fragment shortly after his death?
Question 9
Section:
The Capture of Constantinople
On Page 358, find the sentence beginning with the words: “With Istanbul as a…”
Type the entire sentence verbatim here to identify the evidence:
How did Sultan Mehmed II's capture of Constantinople in 1453 transform the scope and influence of the Ottoman Empire?