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Chapter 12.3 Study Questions
1. Which of the reasons for the Yuan’s importance is most significant for
modern China?
2. What were the advantages and disadvantages to Kublai Khan’s
adopting Chinese ways?
3. Why didn’t the Mongols try to adopt Chinese culture?
4. Why would people from lands devastated by Mongol armies be willing
to trade with Mongol China?
5. Why might a trader such as Marco Polo be multilingual?
6. What factors led to the Yuan Dynasty's downfall?
7. Would the Yuan practice of retaining Chinese officials at the local
level have helped or hindered the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty?