The Rise & Fall of the Mongol Empire

When did the Mongols move between camp sites?

• between summer and fall campsites

• between summer and winter campsites

• between winter and spring campsites

• between fall and winter campsites

What did Temujin change his name to?

• Obi-Wan Kenobi

• Marco Polo

• Genghis Temijun (pronounced Chingus)

• Genghis Khan (pronounced Chingus)

What did Genghis Khan believe the God Tengri wanted him to do?

• make his religion the official religion of the world

• let everyone keep their land and not conquer any land

• conquer the entire world

• let everyone practice their native religion

True or False: The Mongols let all religions flourish (grow).

• True

• False

True or False: Mongols disliked artisans and engineers from lands that they conquered.

• True - the Mongols killed anyone who liked to read and write.

• False - the Mongols appreciated them and allowed them to continue their work across their empire.

True or False: The Mongols stopped all trading along the Silk Road.

• True - They wanted to keep everything for themselves.

• False - The trading flourished under their rule.

What eventually happened to the Mongol Empire?

• The oldest son took over the empire.

• The youngest son took over the empire.

• The family united and ruled it together without any fighting.

• A war between family members caused it to split into four separate empires.

Kublai Khan's age is remembered as an age of science and ______.

• innovation

• culture

• war

• music

What is the legacy of the Mongol Empire?

• The largest empire of all time, cultural development, respect for local forms of organization (government)

• People moving from rural to urban areas

• The invention of writing and the creation of the Silk Road

• The movement of goods and ideas across the globe

How did Temujin begin to expand his power?

• By accident

• Strategic alliances with other leaders

• Waited until other people did it for him because he was too weak and too lazy

• conquering and dividing other territories