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?

Mongol

Indian

Chinese

Japanese

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

Tartars

Chinese

Muslims

Japanese

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?

His two brothers

He travelled alone

His sister and mother

His father and uncle

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?

Vladimir the Great

King Rurik

Yaroslav the Wise

Oleg

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

Shogun

Ninja

Daimyo

Samurai

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

India

Byzantine

Japan

China

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

Riyadh

Medina

Mecca

Jerusalem

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

Medina

Hebron

Jerusalem

Damascus

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

Six

Four

Three

Five

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?

Caliphate

Minaret

Imam

Arabia

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?

Sister

Wife

Daughter

Mother

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?

Damascus

Medina

Baghdad

Jerusalem

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

Buddhism

Islam

Judaism

Christianity

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

Iraq

Israel

Turkey

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.