Turn to page 162 in your text to find the answers to the following questions. Working in groups, prepare to answer the questions on overhead transparencies.

The Life of Mongol Nomads:

1. What are the summers and winters like on the steppes?


2. Why did the Mongols frequently migrate? What were they looking for?


3. What were yurts, and what were they made out of? Why did Mongols use yurts?


4. What was the practice of anda?


5. What was the meaning of the word noker?


Mongol Leadership:

1. How many horses did a Mongol soldier have, and what did he have them carry? How many bows, arrows, and other weapons did a soldier have?


2. What was Genghis Khan's name when he was born? What happened when he was 12? What does the name Genghis Khan mean?


3. How did Genghis Khan organize his troops? How did they communicate with one another?


4. How did Genghis Khan help to strengthen his army in areas in which it was weak?

Turn to page 166 in your text to find the answers to the following questions. Working in groups, prepare to answer the questions on overhead transparencies.

The Later Khans:

1. What happened to the Mongol Empire after Genghis Khan died in 1227?


2. Look at the map on p. 166. How far did the Mongol Empire expand under Kublai Khan?


3. What happened when the Mongols tried to invade Japan?


4. Why had the unity of the Mongol Empire disappeared by 1300?


5. What did Tamerlane do, and how long did his empire last? What happened after his fourth son, Sharook, died?


The Impact of the Mongols:

1. What impact did the Mongols have on religion?


2. What impact did they have on technology in Europe?