Important Women
First and only woman to ever be elected as Vice President of the United States.
Kamala Harris
Moving from place to place in search of food or grazing lands for animals, like the Mongols.
Nomad (noun)
Nomadic (adjective)
Mongols’ tent made of wool felt or skins from animals; they are sometimes still used today.
Yurt
True or False: The Mongols ruled the largest contiguous land empire in history.
("Contiguous" means things that are touching or next to each other, like the 48 states in the US that aren't Alaska or Hawaii.)
True
Youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner for her efforts on behalf of girls' education against extremist violence by the Taliban in Pakistan.
Malala Yousafzai
This term that describes the Mongols lifestyle, and it means having to do with the countryside or rural areas.
Pastoral
The Mongols were pastoral nomads.
This Mongol ruler's real name was Temujin, though he is better known by this title that means "Universal Ruler". He spread Mongol power across Asia and after he died, his children and grandchildren divided his empire among themselves.
Genghis Khan
True or False: The Mongol empire included land in Asia, Europe and Africa
False
The Mongol empire spread from Poland and Hungary in Europe in the west, to as far east as China and Korea, but the closest to Africa it came was the Middle East (near modern day Iraq).
She is best known as a "human calculator" for NASA at a time when Black women faced both segregation and sexism. Her story is told in the movie, "Hidden Figures".
Katherine Johnson
This is the term for when a person is killed, usually by a mob, without a trial or a judge and jury.
lynching
This is the title for a Mongolian emperor
Khagan
True or False: Mongol women did many of the same jobs as men; they could own property; and they could even be tribal chiefs.
True
For that time period in history, Mongol women had high status compared to many women around the world.
She was the first Black female astronaut to fly in space.
Mae Jemison
What does the term suffrage mean?
Suffrage means the right to vote.
This Italian traveled throughout Asia in the 1200s and wrote about China, Asia, the Silk Road and life under the Mongols.
Marco Polo
This is the term for mounted warriors who ride horses
cavalry
She was a black journalist who fought against lynching and for women's suffrage (the right to vote).
Ida B. Wells
Steppe is another word for grasslands
This ruler of China and the founder of China's Yuan dynasty was one of the grandsons of Genghis Khan. Marco Polo described his court in his book.
Kublai Khan
The Mongols had a network of these forts or "post houses" that were spread throughout the Mongol Empire. They were places where messengers could get fresh horses or rest while another messenger continued riding.
Yamb