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

Genghis Khan promoted people based on ___________

• merit (individual ability)

• noble birth

• blood ties to his wife's family

• what fortune cookies told him

Mongols conquered in 20 years as much land as the Romans did in 400 years because:

• intelligence

• structured army

• location

This map shows the _________ empire

• Mongol
• Tong
• Khan
• Byzantine

________________ was allegedly the most famous European to viists China during years of Mongolian rule.

• Columbus

• Marco Polo

• John Wayne

• Tom Brady

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.

Kublai started the        

• Yuan Dynasty
• Ming Dynasty
• Qin Dynasty
• Canton Dynasty

Kublai's grandfather was 

• Genghis Khan
• A blacksmith
• Ogedei
• A farmer

The Mongols learned to use gunpowder from the 

• Chinese
• Japanese
• Indochinese
• Javanese

The ________ was highly valued amongst the Mongols.

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