Who were the Mongols?

• Herdsmen who lived in South America

• Nomadic tribes from Mongolia who lived in yurts

• People who built the Great Wall of China

• People who created the world's largest empire

What term describes someone who moves from place to place, usually following food supply or animals?

• Cattle herder

• Rancher

• Nomad

• City-goer

Who was the fiercest Mongol leader?

• Empress Wu
• Genghis Khan 
• Confucius
• Marco Polo

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.

What is the Silk Road?

• A road that leads to the emperor's home in China

• A road that is paved with pieces of silk

• It wasn't a road. It was what they called the Mongol Empire.

• A series of trade routes through Asia and Europe

This important trade network connected East Asia to the Mediterranean.

• nomads

• tribute

• Magnetic Print type

• Silk Road

What title was adopted by Temujin after uniting the Mongol Clans?

• Genghis Khan

• Justinian Augustus

• Ivan the Great

• Tsar

When conquering other civilizations, Genghis Khan and his Mongol warriors became known for their . . .

• cruelty

• kindness

• use of terror

• charity

• assimilation of other cultures

By 1260, the Mongols had the largest land empire that the world had ever known.

• True

• False

What was Genghis Khan's real name?

• Temujin

• Borte

• Universal King

• Malanche