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Q2W2 Vocab Practice
The Mongols and Silk Road
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the title given to the leader of the Mongol people? | Khan |
| A large area of flat unforested grassland is called what? *Hint* In Mongolia, this massive grassland forms a crescent around the Gobi desert. | Steppe |
| This is the term for a line of rulers of a country, kingdom or empire from the same family. | Dynasty |
| He was a Mongol ruler known for his brutality and conquest of northern China. | Genghis Khan |
| The Mongols were this type of people, or a group of people with no permanent home. They traveled from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. | Nomads |
| This was an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean. | The Silk Road |
| Mongolia is located in what to hemispheres? | Northern and Eastern |
| Mongolia is located between these 2 countries. | China and Russia |
| Mongolia is surrounded by land and does not have access to water. This means that Mongolia is a ____________________ country. | Land-locked |
| The Mongols raised many different types of grazing animals but the most important was the ______________. | Horse |
| Before Genghis Khan, Mongol tribes went to war with one another often. They were always a threat to their neighbors like China. They often raided their neighbors but never_________ enough as a people to truly threaten other major civilizations. | Unified |
| The Mongol people fought a civil war in which Temujin won. In 1206 A.D., a meeting of all mongol tribes was held. At the meeting or Temujin is declared the leader or Khan of all Mongols not just his tribe. His name was then changed to ___________. | Genghis Kahn |
| Who completed the conquest of China started by his grandfather, Genghis Khan? | Kublai Khan |