Mongols and Source Analysis Flashcards

Flashcards about the Mongols and historical source analysis.

The main topics of the unit are __.

Development and transformation of social structures, State-building, expansion, and conflict, Settlement patterns, migrations, the environment, and the influence of technology, Belief systems, science, art, literature, food, Creation and expansion of economic systems

If you find information from two pieces of evidence that contradict each other, you need to __.

To find out what other documents say, see if the documents agree and if not, why, find other possible sources of information, and find out what documents are most reliable.

The networks of exchange were __.

Mediterranean, Trans-Saharan, The Silk Roads, Indian Ocean

The Mongols were __.

Nomadic tribes from the steppe who herd sheep, goats, yaks, cattle, horses

Ghengis Khan was a __.

Ruler who unified nomadic tribes under his leadership, conquered Northern Song Dynasty, expanded west as far as Russia and Persia, Kublai Khan established Yuan Dynasty in China.

Primary sources __.

Are created during the historical time period that is being studied or created by people that lived during the time period being studied.

Secondary sources __.

Are created after the historical time period being studied by people that did not live through the time period being studied.

When examining European sources one must consider __.

Author’s background, Author’s experience with Mongols, Biased language / word choice, extent to which the author’s accounts corroborate one another

When analyzing a source consider the __.

Who wrote this? What is the author’s perspective? When was it written? Where was it written? Why was it written?

When looking at the context of a document consider __.

When and where was the document created? What was different then? What was the same? How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

When closely reading a document consider __.

What claims does the author make? What evidence does the author use? What language (words, phrases, images, symbols) does the author use to persuade the document’s audience? How does the document’s language indicate the author’s perspective?