| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What great warrior founded the Mongol Empire in 1206? | {Genghis} Khan | 98%
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| Which Mongolian Khan conquered China in 1279? | {Kublai} Khan | 87%
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| What nation did the Mongols try to invade twice but were hit by typhoons both times? | Japan | 80%
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| What world renowned construction did that dynasty make stronger in order to protect themselves from the Mongols? | Great Wall | 78%
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| What Venetian merchant worked for than Khan and was sent on missions throughout the empire by him? | Marco Polo | 76%
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| The Mongolian siege of which city brought an end to the Islamic Golden Age? | Baghdad | 72%
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| What dynasty overthrew the Mongol-led dynasty of China in 1368? | Ming | 65%
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| What was the only larger empire in the world than the Mongol Empire? | {British} Empire | 64%
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| In what modern-day country was the westernmost point of the Mongol Empire located? | Poland | 64%
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| What type of portable dwelling was used among the nomadic Mongolian people? | Yurt | 61%
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| What Chinese dynasty did he establish? | Yuan | 60%
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| What khanate ruled much of Eastern Europe for years before being conquered by the a Rus' principality in 1503? | Golden {Horde} | 58%
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| What was the ruling dynasty of China at the time the above conquered it? | Song | 57%
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| What was birth name of that warrior? | Temüjin | 55%
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| What Indian empire, founded in the 1500s, claimed to be descendant from the Mongols? | {Mughal} Empire | 53%
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| In which modern-day city was the last capital of the Mongol Empire located? | Beijing | 46%
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| Which Slavic grand duchy defeated and threw the above out of Russia in 1480? | Moscow | 38%
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| What Persia-centered khanate was famous for its excellent architecture? | {Il}khanate | 37%
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| In what N city in Israel did the Battle of Ain Jalut take place? | Nazareth | 35%
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| Who began conquering the Chagatai Khanate in the 1370s, envisioning himself as the great restorer of the Mongol Empire ? | Timur | 35%
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| In what city did that ruler a "stately pleasure dome decree"? (according to Coleridge) | Xanadu | 26%
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