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Chapter 21 The Mongols Devastate the East
1. What was the name of the fierce leader of the Mongols who invaded China?
2. What did this leader need in order to attack China?
3. Name the leader’s Grandson and list 2 things he did as emperor of China.
Chapter 22 Exploring the Mysterious East
4. What was the name of the traveler who wrote a book about his journey to China with
his Father?
5. What did he see and do in China?
6. After Kublai Khan died, Mongols divided China. One ruling tribe was the Ming
Emperors. What did they do that was different than the previous leaders?
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Chapter 23 The First Russians
7. What 3 groups of people tried to conquer Constantinople?
8. Why was Constantinople hard to conquer?
9. What gift did the Russian rule Vladimir send to the Byzantine Emperor who ruled
Constantinople? What did the emperor do with the gift?
10. Was Russia one unified country?
11. What was Ivan the Great’s big accomplishment and what city did he rule first?
12. What is the Kremlin?
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Chapter 24 The Ottoman Empire
13. Where did the Ottoman Turks come from and what religion did they follow?
14. As the Ottoman Empire grew, what happened to the Byzantine Empire?
15. What is a mercenary?
16. When Mehmed and his men conquered COnstantinople, what did they rename it?
17. Who was the greatest Sultan of the Turks and what did he do that was like
Justinian?
18. Was his son a good ruler? What happened to the Ottoman Empire after the greatest
Sultan died?
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Chapter 25 The End of the World
19. What name did people give to the horrible, unstoppable sickness in Europe in the
1340’s?
20. Years later, what did scientists discover was the cause of this illness?
21. Why did farmers and peasants grow wealthier after the plague, while the noblemen
became poorer?
Chapter 26 France and England at War
22. What is the name given to the war between France and England?
23. Did Henry V get to be King of France after he won the Battle of Agincourt? Why?
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24. What did Joan of Arc claim God told her to do? Was she successful?
25. When Joan was captured by the Burgundians, what did Charles VII do? What
happened to Joan?
26. Then what happened to her 25 years later?
Chapter 27 War for the English Throne
27. What is a civil war?
28. What were the civil wars for the English Throne called and why?
29. What were the two sides? And who won?
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Chapter 28 Two Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal
30. Spain had three kingdoms in it--2 large and 1 small. What are their names?
31. Pedro Giron gave King Enrique of Castile soldeirs, and Enrique promised Pedro
what?
32. Was Isabella pleased with this promise?
33. What happened to Pedro Giron?
34. How did Isabella escape another arranged marriage?
35. When the 2 kingdoms united, what was the new, larger kingdom called?
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36. What was Granada?
37. How long did Ferdinand and Isabella fight against Granada?
38. What religion did they declare to be, and who did they force to leave?
39. What small country kept its independence from Spain?
40. Why was it easy for them to build boats and sail them, and where did they want to
sail to?
41. How did the sailors measure a boat’s speed?
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Chapter 29 African Kingdoms
42. Why was it difficult to travel into the south of Africa?
43. Why was Africa called the dark continent?
44. In the West of Africa, people lived in kingdoms with houses, roads, palaces and
schools. Name the first kingdom and give the nickname Europeans gave it.
45. Describe Taghaza, the city of salt mines.
46. How did Ghana become rich from gold and salt if they had none of their own?
47. When Ghana began to crumble, what kingdom took over the gold and salt trade?
48. What religion did they follow, and what did they build because of it?
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49. Who was the most famous king of Mali?
50. What was Songhay famous for? What is the name of its famous city?
51. After Leo Africanus wrote a book describing Songhay, what happened and why?
