AP World Unit 6: Mongols/ People of the Americas

Mongols

People from Central Asia when United ended up creating the largest single land empire in history

Pastoral Nomadism

A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

Steppes

Treelee plains, especially in the high, flat expanses of Northern Eurasia, which usually have little rain and are covered with coarse grass. They are good lands for nomads and their herds. Good for breeding horses: essential to Mongol military

Egalitarian

Believing in the social and economic equality of all people

Animism

Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, such as thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life

Assimilation

The social process of absorbing one culture group into harmony with another

Genghis Khan (Temujin)

A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, known for his military leadership and great cruelty