The Mongols

How do Nomads plan their trips?

• They migrate according to climate, so they can feed their animals

• They choose random locations to move to to prevent their enemies from tacking them

• They move from town to town

• They farm their farms far from their houses for protection

How were women treated by nomads?

• When there are less resources to spend people need to work together more which allowed women to be treated more fair

• The Mongols were Barbarians, women were warriors that fought with the men

• Women stayed behind faming and raising the children while men went on raids

• Women were only used as babymammas, so they were considered property

What was the #1 reason the Mongols were so successful?

• It was because of Genghis Khan

• It was because they used the enemies weapons technology

• It was because they used fear

• It was because The were amazing archers

How many descendants did Genghis Khan Have?

• There are over 16 million descendants today

• He had enough that China, and the Arabia were taken over

• He did not have any because he was infertile (could not have kids)

• He did not have any because all his kids were killed by his enemies

What happened to the Empire after Genghis Khan died?

• It was split into 4 "Khanates"

• It was conquered by 4 other empires

• It split into 4 separate kingdoms

• It broke down and stopped existing as an empire

How was Japan saved from the Mongols?

• A typhoon stopped the invasion

• A large Samurai and Ninja army defeated the Mongols

• Genghis Khan died before the Invasion

• The Japanese navy defeated the Mongols in the ocean

Why were the Mongols so successful compared to their enemies?

• Mongol archers were like super fast tanks compared to their slow enemies

• There were millions of Mongol soldiers

• The Mongols were extremely technologically advanced

• The enemies of the Mongols were unprepared

What was the Yam System?

• A communication system which had people taking letters and news on horses

• It was a secret police that killed enemies of the Empire

• It was their version of the Postal System

• It was how the Mongols farmed

What type of food did the Mongols spread to the rest of the world?

• They introduced Rice to the Persians

• They shared Mongolian

• They introduced to the world Sheep milk

• They shared how to eat horse meat

What did the Mongols do to the religions of the people they conquered?

• They allowed them to exist and did not bother them

• They converted to whatever religion they conquered

• They forced the people they conquered to forget their religion

• They killed all the priests and burned all the places of worshipped they conquered