1. Which Khan became China’s first emperor? What does Khan mean? 2. Which Chinese dynasty did the Mongols end?
3. What did the Mongols name their dynasty? What does this name mean?
4. How did Kublai Khan run the Yuan government?
5. What was China like under Mongol rule?
6. Who was Marco Polo?
7. Was the Yuan Dynasty successful?
8. What caused the fall of the Yuan Dynasty?
9. Which country did the Mongols attempt to conquer twice but failed?

1. Which Khan became China’s first emperor?

        Kublai Khan became China’s first emperor;

2. Which Chinese dynasty did the Mongols end?

         The Yuan Dynasty

3. What did the Mongols name their dynasty?

          'nation of the great Mongols' or the 'great Mongol nation'

4. How did Kublai Khan run the Yuan government?

           The Yuan Dynasty, ruled by Kublai from 1279, was the first foreign-led dynasty in ancient China. Kublai's empire was the first to use paper money as the main currency. The traditional Han ethnic people stayed at the bottom among the four-class system during the reign of the Mongols

5. What was China like under Mongol rule?

    the Mongols did not adjust to Chinese ways. Ideologically and culturally the Mongols resisted assimilation and legally tried to stay isolated from the Chinese.

6. Who was Marco Polo?

    Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.

7. Was the Yuan Dynasty successful?

    The Mongols, though they were originally nomads, herders, and hunters, ruled the empire successfully in the first few decades.

8. What caused the fall of the Yuan Dynasty?

    The final years of the Yuan dynasty were marked by struggle, famine, and bitterness among the populace.

9. Which country did the Mongols attempt to conquer twice but failed?

         Japan

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the expansion of the rule of empires over other territories took place as a result of several reasons including economic, ethnocentric, political, and religious, and exploratory purposes.

in terms of economic purposes: imperial governments aimed to maximize profits and with that purpose they neeeded cheap labor, access to or control of markets to sell or buy products. they also desired to find natural resources (precious metals and land). in the awake of   industrial revolution, dependent colonies provided the necessary raw materials that european factories and market needed to manufacture products.  

ethnocentric: many territories were conquered by imperial territories in an attempt to spread their cultures, values and belief as they considered them to be superior. in the late 19th century, for example, european powers held   the racist belief that inferior races should be conquered in order to “civilize” them.

political: another reason that drove conquer and expansion was patriotism and growing imperial power. it refers to national prestige, pride, and security. empires sought strategic territory to ensure access for their navies and armies around the world.

religious: the aim of converting new member of other religions was another factor that prompted expansion.   christian missionaries from europe established churches in conquered territories during the nineteenth century. thus, they spread western cultural values. furthermore, the imperial nation’s language was spread as well, through educational and religious interactions.

exploratory: imperial nations or their citizens aimed to explore territory that was unknown to them,   for different purposes including medical or scientific research, however, at the very   beginning, they did it to embark on adventure. furthermore, imperial explorers sought to discover, map, and claim territory before their imperial competition did, for national and personal glory as well as to realize the imperialist goal of expansion.