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Mongol Empire at Its Height
- Chapter 14:i Use the map on page 343 of your textbook, World History – The Human Experience, to
locate and label the following physical and cultural features on the blank map provided:
Africa
Agra
Amur River
Arabia
Arabian Sea
Aral Sea
Armenia
Asia
Baghdad
Bay of Bengal
Black Sea
Burma
Caspian Sea
China
Constantinople
Delhi
Euphrates River
Europe
Ganges River
Gobi Desert
Huang He
India
Indus River
Japan
Karakorum
Korea
Manchuria
Mediterranean Sea
Mekong River
Mongolia
Pacific Ocean
Persia
Red Sea
Samarkand
Siberia
Southern Song Empire
Thailand
Tigris River
Turkestan
Vietnam
Xi Xia Empire
Zhiang Jiang
After you have completed the above, colour the areas controlled by the Mongol empire.
(Be sure to create a legend in the blank box in the corner of the map!)
Define the following terms:
clan –
khan –
yurt –
yasa –
1. What factors led the steppe peoples to expand their territories and to create empires?
2. How did the Mongol conquests contribute to the spread of culture and ideas
throughout Asia and parts of Europe?
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