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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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First submittedApril 13, 2022
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1. Genghis Khan was the founder and the first Great Khan of what empire?
Japanese
Mongol
Indian
Chinese
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?
Verona
Genoa
Rome
Venice
4. Who did Marco Polo travel with to Asia?
His two brothers
His father and uncle
His sister and mother
He travelled alone
5. Who was the leader of China during Marco Polo's travels?
Emperor Huizong
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
Emperor Zhaozong
6. What nation invaded the Kievan Rus and brought the empire to an end in the 13th century?
Vikings
Mongols
Franks
Visigoths
7. What ruler of the Kievan Rus converted the nation to Christianity?
Oleg
Vladimir the Great
King Rurik
Yaroslav the Wise
8. What is a supreme military ruler called in medieval Japan?
Daimyo
Ninja
Samurai
Shogun
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
Medina
Mecca
Jerusalem
11. Where did Muhammad take his followers on a journey called the Hijrah (migration)?
Hebron
Jerusalem
Medina
Damascus
12. How many basic acts or pillars are forming the framework of Islam?
Five
Three
Four
Six
13. What is the most sacred book of the Islamic Religion?
Qiblah
Hijab
Allah
Quran
14. What is the name of the Muslim government that ruled the Islamic Empire during the Middle Ages?
Caliphate
Imam
Minaret
Arabia
15. Who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299?
Osman I
Mehmed II
Kemal Ataturk
Suleiman the Magnificent
16. How was Fatimah related to Muhammad in the Islamic world?
Wife
Sister
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 Five Rightly Guided Caliphs
The Three Rightly Guided Caliphs
18. What city served as the first capital city of the Caliphate?
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Medina
Damascus
19. During the Middle Ages the city of Jerusalem was important to three major religions. Which one was not among them?
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
20. Where was the Middle Age hero Sinbad the Sailor from according to the stories of 1001 Nights?
Turkey
Iraq
India
Israel
1 Comments
+4
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.