Asia in the Middle Ages

What do you know about important events and figures in medieval Asia?

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1. Genghis Khan was the founder and the first Great Khan of what empire?

Indian

Japanese

Chinese

Mongol

2. Which people killed the father of Genghis Khan, so he decided to avenge him?

Muslims

Tartars

Chinese

Japanese

3. Marco Polo travel through Asia in 13th century. Where was he from?

Verona

Rome

Genoa

Venice

4. Who did Marco Polo travel with to Asia?

His two brothers

His father and uncle

He travelled alone

His sister and mother

5. Who was the leader of China during Marco Polo's travels?

Genghis Khan

Emperor Huizong

Emperor Zhaozong

Kublai Khan

6. What nation invaded the Kievan Rus and brought the empire to an end in the 13th century?

Franks

Vikings

Mongols

Visigoths

7. What ruler of the Kievan Rus converted the nation to Christianity?

Yaroslav the Wise

King Rurik

Oleg

Vladimir the Great

8. What is a supreme military ruler called in medieval Japan?

Daimyo

Samurai

Ninja

Shogun

9. Early forms of chess originated in which present country around the 6th century?

India

Japan

China

Byzantine

10. In which city was the religion of Islam founded by the prophet Muhammad?

Mecca

Medina

Riyadh

Jerusalem

11. Where did Muhammad take his followers on a journey called the Hijrah (migration)?

Jerusalem

Hebron

Damascus

Medina

12. How many basic acts or pillars are forming the framework of Islam?

Six

Four

Five

Three

13. What is the most sacred book of the Islamic Religion?

Quran

Hijab

Allah

Qiblah

14. What is the name of the Muslim government that ruled the Islamic Empire during the Middle Ages?

Imam

Minaret

Caliphate

Arabia

15. Who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299?

Osman I

Kemal Ataturk

Mehmed II

Suleiman the Magnificent

16. How was Fatimah related to Muhammad in the Islamic world?

Daughter

Wife

Mother

Sister

17. Who were the first leaders of the Islamic community after Muhammad?

The Six Rightly Guided Caliphs

The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs

The Three Rightly Guided Caliphs

The Five Rightly Guided Caliphs

18. What city served as the first capital city of the Caliphate?

Medina

Baghdad

Jerusalem

Damascus

19. During the Middle Ages the city of Jerusalem was important to three major religions. Which one was not among them?

Islam

Christianity

Buddhism

Judaism

20. Where was the Middle Age hero Sinbad the Sailor from according to the stories of 1001 Nights?

Iraq

Turkey

Israel

India

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1 Comments

Level 73

Jul 28, 2024

This is a bad quiz. Kievan Rus was not in Asia; Too many questions about Islam and Arabs, and no quizzes about South Asia whatsoever.