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Name______________________________ Date________________ Period____________ Chapter 17 Section 2 The Mongol Empire (p524-7) The Mongol Conquests A. Genghis Khan (1. What are nomads? 2. Who were the Mongols? 3. What is a steppe? 4. What is a khan? 5. What does the name Genghis Khan mean? 6. What territories had Genghis Khan conquered by 1215?) ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ B. Military Victories(1. How did Genghis Khan organize his troop? 2. How were officers chosen? 3. What skills did the Mongols use in battle? 4. What Chinese weapons did Genghis Khan adopt? 5. In what ways was Genghis Khan ruthless to his enemies and the Mongols as well?) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ C. Mongols Build an Empire (1. What happened to the Mongol empire after the death of Genghis Khan in 1227? 2. What area did Batu Khan try to conquer? 3. What was the Golden Horde? What areas had the Mongols conquered by1258?) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Ruling the Empire D.(1. What did the Mongols do to their empire after the death of Genghis Khan? 2. Talk about the divisions of the empire. 3. How did the ruling style vary from region to region?) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ The Yuan Dynasty E. Completing the Conquest of China (1.How did Kublai Khan solve the problem of rivers and canals slowing him down? 2. What did the Mongols call their dynasty in China? 3. By what year did the Mongols gain control of all China?) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ F. Mongol Rule in China (1. In what ways did Kublai Khan keep the symbols of Chinese royal power? 2. In what ways did Kublai Khan change China’s government?) _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ G. Society in Yuan China (1. Explain how society was divided into 4 groups in Yuan China. 2. How did the status of Mongols and Chinese differ because of this? 3. What other methods did Mongols use to limit the influence of the conquered Chinese?) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Life in Yuan China H. Revival of Trade (1. How did merchants benefit in Yuan society? 2. What trade policies of the Song dynasty did the Mongols continue? 3. What had closed the Silk Road for the Song dynasty? 4. What traveled with the traders along their caravan routes?) ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ I. Foreign Visitors (1 When did Marco Polo travel east to the Mongol Empire? 2. What did he do while he was there for 17 years? 3. What wonders did Marco Polo talk about when he got back to Europe? 4. How was Marco Polo’s description of Mongol China received in Europe upon his return?) ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________