review guide assessment:

Review Guide Assessment: On a post it note, write your name Set a goal: How do you plan to study for this

exam, when , with who and for how long?? Grade yourself on completion of review guide √++: Perfectly finished A+ √+: A – All done but a few questions empty although I tried √: B - Maybe missing less than 5 questions √-: C Did the ones I knew, didn’t look at my notes, didn’t fill in what

I knew and didn’t ask anyone like a teacher or friend Other than review in class tomorrow, what could Mrs.

Fiore do to help you prepare?

The Mongolian Empire1200-1300

The Mongol Empire – Largest land empire in the world

Ghenghis Khan, Father of the Empire – How would you

describe him?

Ghenghis Khan, Father of the Empire – How would you

describe him?

Ghenghis Khan, Father of the Empire – How would you

describe him?

Ghenghis Khan, Father of the Empire – How would you

describe him?

Ghenghis Khan, Father of the Empire – How would you

describe him?

Did he really kill 1.7 million in one day?

Was he a blood-thirsty killer or gentle statesman?

The Truth about Nishapur – a city in the Persian Empire

The Mongol Empire -Commerce Because it was so large, many mountains and

deserts imped trade in the empire including the Himalayan Mountains and Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts

Great horse skills – perhaps the only specialized good – helped them conquer

Protected the Silk Roads and promoted much trade during the empire

Other empires were dependent on the Mongols to protect the trade routes

Kara Khorum became capital city

The Mongol Empire - Culture Religious tolerance Leaders were khans with locals below Most art included horses Loved riches and valued

what they found from other cultures Lived in “gers” – movable skin homes Practiced local religions or none Spoke Mongolian Gave women many rights Great horseman ship

The Mongol Empire - Leaders Ghenghis Khan – father of

the empire Kublai Khan, his grandson.

During Kublai’s rule, the Mongols controlled China

Called Yuan Dynasty Ruled from Beijing – left Kara

Khorum Welcomed foreigners Marco Polo visited from Italy

HMK: Check your targets I have uploaded my finished target

sheet to today’s date on my website. Check your responses to mine in an

attempt to prepare for the exam. Add in anything you’re missing. Tomorrow in class we will review.

Create an Infomercial Infomercial: An informative but also

persuasive form of advertisement You will write a script for an infomercial

that we will act out after the break Take a look at the rubric and practice

writing one today. Tomorrow we will analyze each others

scripts and pick the best ones.