Directions: read about the Mongol invasion of China and then answer the questions below in complete sentences. 

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** Be sure to focus your attention on the challenges faced by rulers, like Kublai Khan, when trying to rule over a new, but established, territory. **

1. Specifically, how did Kublai Khan change Chinese government?
2. What four groups did Kublai Khan create from Chinese society?
3. How did Kublai Khan support the development of Chinese agriculture?
4. Why did trade flourish in China under the Mongols rule?
5. How did Kublai Khan improve the Chinese communication system?
6. Did the Mongols want to become members of Chinese society?  Explain your answer.
7. Why is the idea of building a capital city new for the Mongols?
8. How did Kublai Khan establish himself as an intellectual warrior?
9. How did Kublai Khan lose his sense of “invincibility” and power?
10. What problems plagued China during the end of Kublai Khan and the Mongolian rule?

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Japanese Samurai were members of Japan’s warrior class. Early samurai protected local aristocratic landowners. In the late 1100s, however, the warrior class secured national power and dominated Japanese government until 1868.

Samurai warriors followed an unwritten code that emphasized honor, bravery, and loyalty. This code came to be known as Bushido. Their reputation as fearsome warriors has become legendary.

Directions: Look closely at page 342of your textbook and then answer the questions below

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