VOCAB
COOL PEOPLE
100

A large, dry, grass-covered plain

A Steppe

100

This person built an army, and by 1206 he had united the Mongols under his rule

Genghis Khan

200

A Mongol Leader

Khan

200

Genghis Khan’s Grandson (Hint: in 1206 he took over northern China)

Kubai Khan

300
A rise to a position of power

Ascendancy

300

A famous visitor who arrived in 1275, stayed in China for over 70 years, and published an account of his travels

Marco Polo

400

A device used to hurl heavy rocks  

Catapult

400

Mongols

Other foreigners

people from northern China

Mongol society social class