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CHAPTER SEVEN
Mongol Rule: Yuan (1215-1368)
IDENTIFICATION
Briefly identify the meaning and significance of the follow terms:
Yelu Qucai __________________________________________________________________
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Kubilai Khan ________________________________________________________________
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Ogodei ______________________________________________________________________
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Liu Bingzhong ________________________________________________________________
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Siege of Xiangyang _____________________________________________________________
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The Luoluo ___________________________________________________________________
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Hao Jing ______________________________________________________________________
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Blue-and-white Porcelain _________________________________________________________
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Yuan _________________________________________________________________________
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“four grades” __________________________________________________________________
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MATCHING
Match the following people with the appropriate description
___ 1. Zhao Mengfu
___ 2. Yuan Haowen
___ 3. Xu Heng
___ 4. Bayan
___ 5. Guan Hanqing
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A. Dedicated himself to teaching Mongol
rulers the principles of Confucian government.
B. The leading characters of most of his plays
were virtuous women who act forcefully in a
wide variety of social situations.
C. A Southern literatus who decided to serve
the Mongols; he painted in an archaic style.
D. He led an army of 200,000, mainly
Chinese. Victory was often achieved without
fighting.
E. Passed the examinations and served in
Kaifeng during Jin’s final struggle.
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COMPLETION
Answer the question or complete the statement by filling in the blanks with the correct word or words.
1. The Mongols had no interest in doing their own paperwork and employed ________ to keep the
records that made government possible.
2. Life in China under the Mongols was much like life in China under earlier ________ _______.
3. Mongols aimed at stability and placed people in hereditary ____________ categories, such as
scholar, farmer, soldier, etc.
4. In the 1230s, the Mongols had also attacked _________, under Song control, and refugees from
_____________ brought stories of the horror of the Mongol advance.
5. Mongol armies did not try to control territory; the only ______________ it.
List four things that contributed to the collapse of the Yuan dynasty.
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10. Female roles in Chinese drama were often played by ________________.
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