Name_____________________________________________________________________
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Robert W. Strayer
Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources
Study Guide: Chapter 12 - The Mongol Moment, 1200-1500 (pp. 521-548)
Pastoral Nomads
1. Pastoralism (include when it got started, where and where not, describe the way of life). Include
as much EESPRITE info as possible, including status of women (pp 522 – 523).
2. Xiongnu, Turks, Uighurs, Mongols, Huns, Bedouins, Berbers, Tuareg – know where each lived
3. Chinggis Khan a/k/a Genghis Khan
4. Why didn’t pastoralism emerge in the Americas?
5. What new technologies were adapted or invented by pastoral societies
6. Fill in the following chart:
Xiongnu
Arabs
Turks
When
Where
Name of Specific
groups:
Civilizations they
came in contact
with
Religions they
converted to
Places they carried
this religion to
The Mongol Empire
7. What two impacts did Mongol rule have on Eurasia? (529 – 530)
8. Be able to locate on a map and name the different Mongol empires shown on page 530 map.
9. shamans
10. How did Mongol influences differ from the influences of the Arabs and the Turks? (530 – 531)
11. Temujin or Chinggis Khan (Genghis Khan)
12. 1206
13. Jurchen
14. List characteristics of the Mongol army that explain their success in conquering large empires.
(p.533 – 535)
15. List ways Mongols were able to keep central control over their empire. (p 535)
16. Karakorum
17. List Mongol policy over conquered people on:
a. Merchants
b. Administration
c. religion
Mongols: Comparing Three Cases – Mongol rule of China, Persia and Russia
Complete the following chart:
Mongols in China
Yuan Dynasty
Mongols in Persia
Il-Khan
Mongols in Russia
Golden Horde
How much violence
was involved in
conquest?
How much control did
they have over the
conquered population?
Famous leader, years
and capital city
Main features of
Mongol rule (include
whatever SPRITE
topics are addressed in
your book
How did Mongol rule
end?
18. 1258
19. Ghazan
20. How did Mongol rule affect Moscow?
21. Marco Polo
The Mongol Empire as a Eurasian Network
22. In what ways did the Mongol Empire contribute to the globalization of the Eurasian world? (542)
23. What stopped a possible Mongol conquest of Central and Western Europe?
24. List cultural exchanges that occurred as a result of the Mongol empires of Eurasia and the impact
it had on Europe.
25. The Black Death
26. List the long-term consequences of the Black Death on Europe.