Vocabulary Terms
What are the steppes?
Ancient Mongols herded several animals, including camels, horses, and elk, but this animal was their main source of sustenance was this animal
What are goats?
The Mongols invented this, making it easier for future generations to stay put in their horse's saddle
What are stirrups?
Genghis Khan is not a name, but rather a title. His birth name is this, meaning "blacksmith"
What is Temujin?
Several of these scientific buildings were created under Mongol rule
What are observatories?
Moving from place to place without a fixed home
What is nomadic?
The Mongols lived in these, portable tents made from animal skins and felt
What are yurts?
The Mongols controlled this large trade route, which connected Asia and Europe and facilitated cultural exchange
What is the Silk Road?
After his father died, this traumatizing event happened to Temujin when he was just a child
What is he was kidnapped?
The Mongols were the first to utilize this type of warfare, used during the Siege of Crimea in 1347
What is germ warfare?
This was a period of relative stability in Eurasia under the Mongol Empire during the 13th and 14th centuries
What is Pax Mongolia?
The Mongols diet consisted mainly of this, a drink full of fat and protein
What is milk?
The Mongols practiced this act of being open to new opinions and behavior whenever they conquered people
What is toleration?
This women, Temujin's first wife, was kidnapped the night of their wedding
Who is Borte?
The Mongols created this, the world's first way of transporting information via written word
What is the mail service?
This Bubonic plague pandemic in the 14th century CE that killed an estimated 200 million
What was the Black Death?
Advisors to Genghis Khan included these diverse types of people (give me one out of the three different groups)
Who were Muslim scholars, Chinese businessmen, and women?
The Mongols heavily contributed to the spread of this, mostly through warfare and also as they traveled along the Silk Road
What was the Black Death?
Jamuka and Temujin would eventually battle each other, with Jamuka eventually being captured by his own men. Temujin did this to the men who delivered Jamuka to him in 1206 CE
What is had them executed?
The Mongols helped to spread this along the Silk Road, connecting people from all around Eurasia
What is culture?
This Mongol-led imperial dynasty that ruled China in the 12th 13th centuries
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
The Mongols were extremely accepting of different opinions in these three subjects (give me one out of the three)
What were religion, science, and medicine?
Evidence suggests that this many men may be directly related to Genghis Khan, due to the high number of wives and children that he had (number within 3 million)
What is 16 million men?
Genghis Khan killed so many people, he created a one person this, something which is typically brought on naturally, or by billions of people working together
What is climate change?
The Mongols became known for this, likely the activity they are most remembered for
What is horseback riding?