7Th Fowler World History Chapter 4 4.1

Front 1

The ____ were nomads who lived in tribes in northern China.

Back 1

Mongols

Front 2

_______ ____, which means "Universal Ruler", united the Mongol tribes.

Back 2

Genghis Khan

Front 3

Genghis wrote a law code, ___ ______,which dealt with every area of life.

Back 3

Great Yasa

Front 4

The Mongols were born ____.

Back 4

warriors

Front 5

Genghis harnessed the Mongols' ________ skills in building his mighty army.

Back 5

horsemanship

Front 6

The Mongol _____ learned at an early age to shoot his arrows when all the horses' hooves were off the ground.

Back 6

archer

Front 7

To protect themselves, the Mongol horsemen worn stiff armor made from __ ____.

Back 7

animal hides

Front 8

Genghis also instructed his soldiers to wear a shirt of __ ___ because arrows could not penetrate the cloth.

Back 8

raw silk

Front 9

What was Genghis biggest challenge in fighting settled people?

Back 9

Towns had walls and moats that were hard to penetrate.

Front 10

__ _____ is a war tactic used against towns where soldiers sent arrows over the walls for a long period of time and keep food out of the town until the people gave up.

Back 10

siege warfare

Front 11

Mongols would shoot incendiary (_______ ____ )balls into the cities.

Back 11

fire-producing

Front 12

___ ____ was a war tactic where the Mongols pretended to retreat and then would attack the town people when they came out to plunder the camp.

Back 12

pretend retreat

Front 13

How did Genghis keep in touch with his empire?

Back 13

He developed a system of postal riders that crossed the empire.

Front 14

The ___ ____ were swift riders who ate and slept on their horses until they reached their destination, with orders, messages and reports.

Back 14

Arrow riders