Unit 1

Question 1

Where did the Mongols live

Answer 1

On the Mongolian Steppe

Question 2

How can you describe the Steppe (5)

Answer 2

Grassland plains
Lack of trees
Dry
Cold
Windy

Question 3

Who were the Mongols main rivals

Answer 3

Tatars
Naimans

Question 4

Leader of a tribe called

Answer 4

Tribe

Question 5

What was the role for women (4)

Answer 5

Raising children
Caring for the home
Processing animal products
Felting and weaving

Question 6

How many key tribal confederations are there?

Answer 6

5 including the mongols

Question 7

What did their diet mainly include?

Answer 7

Meat and dairy

Question 8

How were hereditary leaders chosen?

Answer 8

By a council of elders

Question 9

What was the written language and administration system?

Answer 9

There was no written language or administration system

Question 10

How long was the range of mongol bows compared to others

Answer 10

Mongol bows could reach 75m whereas others could only reach 40-50m

Question 11

How old were mongol children when they were taught how to ride horses?

Answer 11

They were taught for, the age of 3

Question 12

What was the religion of mongols?

Answer 12

Tengriism

Question 13

What was the climate of the Mongolian steppe? (3)

Answer 13

Dry
Cold
Windy

Question 14

How cold could it get in the winter?

Answer 14

-30C

Question 15

What is a zud?

Answer 15

Alternating thaws and freezing of ice creating thick, impenetrable sheets of ice under the snow

Question 16

What was a mongol home called?

Answer 16

A ger

Question 17

What is a ger?

Answer 17

A portable, round tent made of a lattice of wood and covered in animal skins making up the mongol home

Question 18

How long did it take to pack up a ger?

Answer 18

30-60 mins

Question 19

How did the Ger benefit the mongols lifestyle?

Answer 19

The mongols lived a nomadic lifestyle so the hers being able to packed up quickly and moved helped them live nomadicly

Question 20

What was Genghis Khans’s father called?

Answer 20

Yisugei

Question 21

What was Temujin and Jamukha’s relationship?

Answer 21

Anda (blood brother)

Question 22

How did Jamukha hinder Temujin?

Answer 22

Temujin fought the Naimans and Jamukha abandoned him

Question 23

When was the conquest against the Tatars?

Answer 23

1195-1196

Question 24

Who did Temujin using ally with against the Tatars?

Answer 24

Temujin and the Jin dynasty allied together

Question 25

What did Temujin say about Tatars in 1202?

Answer 25

He said he wanted to kill all Tatars taller than a wagon wheel

Question 26

Who led the Jerkin clan?

Answer 26

Sacha Beki

Question 27

Who took Borte?

Answer 27

The merkits

Question 28

Who were the 4 groups Temujin fought against and in which order?

Answer 28

Merkits, Tatars, Naimans, Khitans

Question 29

Where and when was Temujin names Genghis Khan?

Answer 29

The kuriltai of 1206

Question 30

What does Genghis Khan mean?

Answer 30

Universal Ruler

Question 31

What was the decimal system?

Answer 31

A type of military organisation where an army was divided into groups of 10

Question 32

What was the Yam?

Answer 32

A chain of relay stations at certain distances around 20-40 miles apart It allowed messengers to pass on messages without tiring out

Question 33

An examples of when terror was used

Answer 33

In Beijing where stories were told that visitors found the ground slippery with blood and human fat

Question 34

What was “the thousand cuts”?

Answer 34

A torture method where a prisoner would be cut 1000 times until they bled out These stories would incite terror

Question 35

An example of the mongols learning about other strategies

Answer 35

They learnt about siege machines and trebuchets

Question 36

What is a Keshig?

Answer 36

An imperial guard for mongol royalty

Question 37

What are examples of communication or signals in battle (3)

Answer 37

Flags Horns Drums

Question 38

Who were the mangudei?

Answer 38

Highly skilled horsemen and archers

Question 39

When was the feint used in battle by the Mongols?

Answer 39

In 1221, Subedei used the feint against the Jin army in the Battle of Yehuling

Question 40

What were the 5 factors causing Genghis Khan to embark on campaigns beyond the steppes?

Answer 40

Climate Economic Religion Military superiority Political