1.
This spice was traded along the Silk Road and is common today.
2.
People who move from place to place with no permanent home
3.
Time period during which a ruler is in power
4.
A group of Mongols that overran Russia, Poland, and Hungary.
5.
A person who uses a bow and arrow
6.
Soldiers who ride horses (from Italian, cavallo)
7.
Vast grasslands stretching from Asia to Eastern Europe
8.
_____ Khan, founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire from 1206-1227
9.
The founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire was called _____, as a boy
10.
To trade goods and services without money
11.
_____Kahn, grandson of ruler in # 8, and founder of the Yuan Empire (1260-1294).
12.
The Mongol ______ was the largest land region linking eastern and western Eurasia
13.
The _____ _____ was a set of trade routes from Asia to Europe about 4000 miles long.
14.
This animal was essential to transport goods along the Silk Road because they could handle the desert heat.
15.
Italian explorer who traveled the Silk Road to China in the 13th century.
16.
Number of years it took the Italian explorer in #15 to reach China
17.
This valuable fabric from China is made from worms and inspired the name of the trade route in #13.
18.
The Silk Road connected Europe and ____ in the East.
19.
Genghis Kahn's family had to ______ to see who would rule after he died.
20.
People of _____ and ______ religions were attacked by the Church during the Crusades.
