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O llck on 1he Mongol onquesLs" Lab
O ead Lhe flrsL Lhree pages WhaL Led Lo Lhe onquesLs" 1rlbal Croup vs Mongol ldenLlLy
under hlnggls khan" and CrganlzaLlon and 1acLlcs"

uslng Lhe flgure below lllusLraLe one reason leadlng Lo Lhe conquesLs one way ln whlch hlnggls khan
separaLed Lrlbal groups from Lhe Mongol ldenLlLy under hls rule and one of hlnggls's LacLlcs or
organlzaLlonal characLerlsLlcs AfLer you draw each lLem label Lhem wlLh a few words (le you may draw
grass ln Lhe background Lo show how a grass shorLage acLed as a push facLor for Mongol conquesLs and
label lL grass depravlLy caused Mongols Lo seek oLher land")









1he Mongo|s |n Wor|d n|story Web uest Creat|on Act|v|ty
1 WhaL facLors caused Lhe emplre Lo spllL lnLo four separaLe secLors?




2 Lach of Lhe four secLlons had a fall whaL led Lo Lhelr downfall?







Nswcn KcY: THc MoNcoL CoNoucsTs
1he sLudenL should have aL leasL 3 lllusLraLlons and Lhere need be aL leasL one |||ustrat|on from each of
Lhe Lhree caLegorles llsLed below Lach draw needs Lo have a shorL phrase LhaL brlefly descrlbes Lhe
drawlng
Ior the reasons that Mongo|s dec|ded to expand the student cou|d |nc|ude
O Less grass growLh LhreaLened Lhelr llve sLock so Lhey led ouL Lo flnd oLher lands
O urroundlng dynasLles began Lo lnLerrupL Mongollan Lrade paLLerns so Lhe Mongols ralded
agalnsL Lhem
O hlnggls saw lL as hls mlsslon Lo unlLe Lhe world as one because he belleved LhaL ls whaL
1enggerl Lhe hamanlc sky god called for
egard|ng how Ch|ngg|s khan def|ned Mongo||ans under h|s own re|gn compared to s|mp|y tr|ba|
groups the student may have |nc|uded
O hlnggls khan's sLrong bellef ln alllances caused hlm Lo parLlclpaLe ln flndlng ff(blood
broLhers) by mlxlng hls blood wlLh oLher leaders' by prlcklng hls flnger
O hlnggls khan dlspersed members of Lrlbes LhaL came under hls rule Lo creaLe a lnLegraLed
emplre ln whlch Lhe power remalned ln hls own hands
M|||tary tact|cs and organ|zat|on strateg|es may |nc|ude
O hlnggls ofLen organlzed hls Lroops lnLo unlLs of 10 100 1000 and 10000
O Cne of hlnggls's favorlLe LacLlcs was Lhe felgned wlLhdrawal (self explanaLory) LhaL drew Lhe
enemy ouL of lLs proLecLlve walls eLc
O e also admlred uslng horses ln baLLle
AMLL DAWING
















hlnggls parLlclpaLed ln Lhe
anda (blood broLher) socleLy Lo
galn alllances
Crass shorLage caused
Mongols Lo seek more
ferLlle land
used horses ln baLLle as a LacLlc



Answer key 1he Mongo|s |n Wor|d n|story Web uest Creat|on Act|v|ty
1 As Lhe Mongols expanded Lhelr LerrlLory lnLo oLher clvlllzaLlons Lhey were lnfluenced by
Lhelr culLure ln order for Lhe Mongols Lo rule Lhelr new conquered LerrlLory Lhey
needed Lo adopL lnsLlLuLlons and places Lo accompllsh Lhelr Lasks Whlle some Mongols
were for Lhe new found ldeas many of Lhem were agalnsL lL Many of Lhe Mongols
wlshed Lo keep Lhelr LradlLlon and Lhelr orlglnal culLure As a resulL of all of Lhe flghLlng
Lhe emplre spllL lnLo four secLlons each of whlch had Lhelr own lndlvldual rulers
2 1he flrsL and second secLors had confllcL because of Lhelr locaLlon 1he flrsL secLor was
locaLed ln hlna and Lhe second secLor was locaLed ln enLral Asla causlng confllcL
beLween Lhe Mongols 1he Lhlrd segmenL desLroyed Lhe Abbasld uynasLy by Laklng over
Lhelr caplLal clLy of 8aghdad 1he fourLh and flnal secLor was Lhe Colden orde 1he
fourLh secLor challenged Lhe Lhlrd secLor causlng dlspuLes and confllcL ln Lhe Lrade rouLes