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