Mongol+Scavenger+Hunt+4

** EACH GROUP SHOULD PRODUCE AND PRINT A DOCUMENT THAT HAS THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS **
1. **One paragraph biographies, on 2 different famous Mongols.** Genghis Khan was a very important ruler during 1206–1227. He united many of the nomadic tribes of North East Asia, thus beginning the Mongol empire. He raided dynasties such as the [|Kara-Khitan Khanate], [|Caucasus], [|Khwarezmid Empire], [|Western Xia] and [|Jin] dynasties. Genghis Khan fought ruthlessly, massacring thousands of enemy troops, during the jin dynasty. During the Khwarezmian Empire incident, they decided to kill a merchant trader caravan, then when they disrespected Genghis Khan he sent almost all of his army to Khwarezmian, which consisted of 20,000 men. They then continued to ruthlessly destroy the entire city. They executed all civilians, and poured molten silver into the eyes of one of the men who disrespected him. But there was a caring side to this tyrant as well, he created a unified Mongolia, decreed Uyghur as the official writing system, and promoted religious tolerance.Kublai, or Khubilai Khan was born September 23, 1215. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan, his father being Tolui who served against the Jin Dynasty, the Xi Xia and the Khwarezmid Empire. Kublai established the Yuan Dynasty in China. Which conquered over 5 Empires, and most of western China. Later on conquering all of china, becoming the first non Chinese emperor. He ended up completely annihilating the Last resistance of the Southern Song Dynasty. 2. **Pictures or Drawing of the 2 famous Mongols. (If available)**

[[image:http://www.lssu.edu/faculty/jswedene/images/kublai_khan.jpg]]
3. **Maps of the four famous Mongols conquest, & a map of the 4 Khanates (kingdoms).** ** (That's 5 Maps Total) **

====== 4. **Complete answers to the 10 Key Questions below.**

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 10 KEY QUESTIONS

 * 1) How did geography contribute to the success of the Mongols? - It was located between china and Russia, meaning easy access, and easy trade.[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Mongolia_1996_CIA_map.jpg width="800" height="659"]]
 * 2) What was the nature of the military organization established by Genhis Kahn? - Ruthless, and strategic, they'd attack an empire when it was having internal problems, and come out on top.
 * 3) What forces led to the rise of the Mongols? - Genghis Khan taking over small nomad towns, and establishing power in said towns. Which lead to his power growing, and his troops' power growing.
 * 4) How were a nomadic people able to conquer more advanced civilizations? - They'd attack when the enemy was internally weak(they had genius strategists), they were ruthless, and their fighting style was extremely fast.
 * 5) What was the impact of the Mongol conquest of Russia and the Islamic heartlands? - They then used that to attack china.
 * 6) Why was the Mongol defeat in Japan significant? Because it signified the end of the mongol expansion at the time.
 * 7) What were the positive aspects of the Mongol conquest? They made the cities safer because they had military institutions in most towns. They opened up trade, and shared ideas.
 * 8) What was the impact of the Mongol conquest on Chinese society and political structure? They taught them many things learned from the Muslims, I.E. Astronomy, math, literature ETC, and medicine. The y would destroy the current political structures, then make reforms, and power changes.
 * 9) What forces led to the fall of the Mongols? - Anarchy in Persia, led to them weakening, and when the Black Death came in, they were just obliterated.