Mongol & Silk Road

3. A circular tent of felt or skins on a collapsible framework, used by nomads in Mongolia
4. Genghis Khan's real name
8. The period of approximately 150 years of relative peace and stability created by the Mongol Empire
9. Someone with no permanent home, like the member of a tribe that moves from place to place in search of food
11. A network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
12. A large area of flat unforested grassland
14. The name of the dynasty established by Kublai Khan
17. The Silk Road connected China to this area
18. Tname of the societies ruled by the Khans (there's four of them)

1. One reason why the Mongol Empire was hard to manage
2. Mongolian emperor of China (Yuan Dynasty) and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
5. Polo Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
6. He united the Mongol tribes into an unstoppable fighting force; created largest single land empire in history
7. A new technology used by the Mongols to fight their enemies
10. The Mongols practiced religious...
13. What traveled along the Silk Road other than goods?
15. A title given to Mongol rulers and officials
16. Military positions were determined by this, not family.