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Asia in the Middle Ages

What do you know about important events and figures in medieval Asia?
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Last updated: September 3, 2023
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1. Genghis Khan was the founder and the first Great Khan of what empire?
Mongol
Indian
Japanese
Chinese
2. Which people killed the father of Genghis Khan, so he decided to avenge him?
Tartars
Japanese
Muslims
Chinese
3. Marco Polo travel through Asia in 13th century. Where was he from?
Genoa
Venice
Rome
Verona
4. Who did Marco Polo travel with to Asia?
His sister and mother
His father and uncle
He travelled alone
His two brothers
5. Who was the leader of China during Marco Polo's travels?
Emperor Huizong
Genghis Khan
Emperor Zhaozong
Kublai Khan
6. What nation invaded the Kievan Rus and brought the empire to an end in the 13th century?
Mongols
Visigoths
Vikings
Franks
7. What ruler of the Kievan Rus converted the nation to Christianity?
King Rurik
Yaroslav the Wise
Vladimir the Great
Oleg
8. What is a supreme military ruler called in medieval Japan?
Samurai
Daimyo
Shogun
Ninja
9. Early forms of chess originated in which present country around the 6th century?
China
India
Byzantine
Japan
10. In which city was the religion of Islam founded by the prophet Muhammad?
Mecca
Riyadh
Jerusalem
Medina
11. Where did Muhammad take his followers on a journey called the Hijrah (migration)?
Damascus
Jerusalem
Hebron
Medina
12. How many basic acts or pillars are forming the framework of Islam?
Five
Six
Four
Three
13. What is the most sacred book of the Islamic Religion?
Quran
Qiblah
Hijab
Allah
14. What is the name of the Muslim government that ruled the Islamic Empire during the Middle Ages?
Minaret
Caliphate
Imam
Arabia
15. Who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299?
Suleiman the Magnificent
Osman I
Mehmed II
Kemal Ataturk
16. How was Fatimah related to Muhammad in the Islamic world?
Sister
Wife
Daughter
Mother
17. Who were the first leaders of the Islamic community after Muhammad?
The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs
The Six 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?
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Damascus
Medina
19. During the Middle Ages the city of Jerusalem was important to three major religions. Which one was not among them?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
20. Where was the Middle Age hero Sinbad the Sailor from according to the stories of 1001 Nights?
Turkey
India
Iraq
Israel
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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.