Mongols

How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror?

• through brilliant military strategy, organization, and ruthlessness
• through conquering only empires that had become weak
• through dressing his soldiers as warriors of the opposing country
• through being extremely nice to his enemies

A pastoral nomad (pastoralist) makes a living by

• fighting
• growing food
• trading goods
• herding animals

What was true of the Mongol Empire?

• The Mongol Empire treated all conquered people horribly.
• Mongols refused to adopt aspects of the cultures they conquered.
• The Mongol Empire was the largest unified land empire in history.
• Mongols forced conquered peoples to convert to their religion.

What was true of the Mongol Empire?

• The Mongol Empire treated all conquered people horribly.
• Mongols refused to adopt aspects of the cultures they conquered.
• The Mongol Empire was the largest unified land empire in history.
• Mongols forced conquered peoples to convert to their religion.

What is true about the boundaries of the Mongol Empire?

• It included North and South America
• It was very small compared to other empires.
• It stretched across Europe and Asia.
• It was never peaceful or stable.

The ________ was highly valued amongst the Mongols.

• ability to run
• farming techniques
• ability to fight
• ability to write

Which did the Mongols NOT do?

• Destroyed whole villages that fought back
• Spread across and united almost all of Asia
• Forced nomadic way of life on conquered people
• Established a peaceful period of trade known as Pax Mongolica

Why did the Mongols terrorize people?

• To spread fear, thus making them more likely to surrender without a fight
• To make them fight for their lives
• To make other people talk about them, and write about them in books
• They only terrorized people after they conquered them.

Even though the Mongols destroyed most cities they conquered,

• they begged the surviving citizens to travel with them after

• they gave food/water to those who survived the initial onslaught

• they expanded roads/trade routes

• they left the local leaders in power to rule

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