The Mongol state
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List the occupations of the Mongols.
Nomadic herding, hunting, fishing; wars and campaigns.
2
Write three strengths of the Mongol army.
Discipline and the decimal system, speed of horsemen, skilled command and tactics.
3
Suggest why Genghis Khan divided his lands into uluses.
To govern the vast territory through his sons and settle the inheritance.
4
Match the dates 1206, 1211, 1219–1221, 1223 with events.
Proclamation as khan; war on northern China; invasion of Khwarazm; battle of the Kalka.