Unit 12: Paper 3 — History of Asia and Oceania (HL)
Topic 12.1: Asian kingdoms and empires (c.750–1500) Questions
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In what year did Kublai Khan complete the Mongol conquest of China (defeating the Song dynasty) and found the Yuan dynasty?
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In what year did a kurultai declare Temüjin 'Genghis Khan', marking the traditional starting point of the Mongol Empire?
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In which year did Kublai Khan found the Yuan dynasty, adopting a Chinese dynastic name for Mongol rule of China?
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Which Mongol postal relay system allowed messages and supplies to move quickly across the empire?
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that Mongol foreign relations relied more on diplomacy than on conquest and tribute?
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What system did Genghis Khan create to allow messages and orders to move quickly across the vast Mongol Empire?
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Choose the correct year in which Kublai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty in China.
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The Mongol Empire permanently split into four khanates after the civil war that followed the death of which great khan in 1259?
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Which written law code, applied to everyone regardless of tribe, did Genghis Khan use to replace competing tribal customs?
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Which of the four Mongol khanates ruled Persia and the Middle East, with its rulers eventually converting to Islam?
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What name did the Japanese give to the typhoon that destroyed the Mongol invasion fleet in 1281?
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Choose the correct description of the Yassa.
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Choose the option that correctly names all four khanates the Mongol Empire split into after succession disputes.
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Choose the correct account of how Korea (Goryeo) came under Mongol overlordship.
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Choose the correct description of the yam.
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Evaluate the claim that continuity, rather than change, best characterises domestic life for conquered populations under Mongol rule.
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Discuss the view that the pax Mongolica brought greater benefits to the wider world than to the peoples the Mongols directly conquered.
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that the Yassa was primarily a tool of religious tolerance rather than an instrument of harsh control?
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Evaluate the claim that the Mongols' success in administering their empire depended more on borrowing existing local systems than on their own innovations.
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Evaluate the claim that co-opting local elites was the single most important reason the Mongols were able to maintain control over their conquered territories.
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