 7.24 Describe and locate the Mongol conquest of China including
Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan.
 If YOU were there…..
 You are a farmer in northern China in 1212. As you pull weeks from a wheat
field, you hear a sound like thunder Looking toward the sound, you see
hundreds-no thousands- of armed horsemen on the horizon, riding straight
toward you. You are frozen with fear. Only one thought fills your mind- the
dreaded Mongols are coming.
 What can you do to save yourself?
 Building Background
 Throughout its history, northern China had been attacked over and over by
________________ peoples. During the _____________ dynasty these attacks became
more frequent and threatening.
 The Mongol Empire
 _________________ lived for years in the north part of China
 In 1206, a powerful leader, or _______________, united them
 His name was __________________
 When he became the leader, he received the name Genghis Khan, which
means _______________ ___________________
 The Mongol Conquest
 Genghis Khan organized the Mongols into a ____________________ ___________ and
led them on bloody conquests.
 The brutality of the conquest ____________________ people throughout much of
____________ and Easter Europe.
 When Genghis Khan and his army ________________ all of the people of the
village they conquered.
 In 20 years, he ruled much of _______________
 Mongol Conquests
 Genghis Khan focused his attention to __________________
 He led his armies into Northern China in _________________
 They worked their way ________________ and on the way destroying towns and
ruining ________________
 By the time Genghis Khan ____________ in 1227, he ruled all of northern China.
 His grandson, _________________ ________________ became ruler and finished the
conquest of China in 1279.
 He declared himself ___________________ of China
 Life in Yuan China
 Kublai Khan and Mongol rulers he led belonged to a different _____________
group than the Chinese did
Spoke different ___________________
Worshipped different ________________
Wore different _________________
Had different __________________
Chinese resented being ruled by the foreigners
_________________ and __________________
 Life in Yuan China
 Kublai Khan didn’t force the Chinese to ______________ Mongol way of life
 Mongols even adopted some aspects of Chinese culture such as
______________________
 Mongols kept control of the Chinese people
Heavy ______________
Kept Chinese scholars from ______________________to much power
 Yuan extended the ______________ __________________ built new roads
 Life in Yuan China
 Mongol soldiers were sent to keep _________________ throughout China
 The soldiers kept overland _______________ and _________________ safe
 Mongol emperors also welcomed _________________ ________________ in Chinese
ports
 A lot of what we know from Mongol and China history came from the trader
__________________ ___________________
He was respected by the ___________________
He was even in Kublai Khan’s _______________
When Marco Polo went back to Europe, he wrote his stories down and the
Europeans gained __________________ in China
 The End of the Yuan Dynasty
 Despite having all of China, the Mongols weren’t ____________________.
 Mongols decided to invade _____________________
________________ Ride to Japan
The campaigns were _____________________
_________________ Storms
Fierce defenders destroyed the Mongol army
Back at Home
The expensive projects hurt the economy back in China
It led to a ___________________
 The End of the Yuan Dynasty
 In the 1300’s, many Chinese groups rebelled against the ______________ dynasty.
 In 1368 a former monk name _______________ _____________________ took charge of
a rebel army. He led this army to a final victory over the Mongols
 China was once again ruled by the _____________________