Medieval East QUEST

Question 1

What technology developed in China during the Song Dynasty?

Answer 1

Gunpowder

Question 2

Why did the Tang Dynasty decline?

Answer 2

1. Many governors became independent
2. Troops were defeated by Arabs at the Battle of Talas
3. An Lushan rebelled against the emperor

Question 3

What is the term for cavalry warriors who lived in independent bands on the frontier?

Answer 3

Cossacks

Question 4

Who became the only female empress to rule China during the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 4

Wu Zhao

Question 5

What is the term for peasants who could not leave the land on which they worked?

Answer 5

Serfs

Question 6

What is the term for a “divine wind” or storm that saved Japan from Mongol invasion?

Answer 6

Kamikaze

Question 7

What is the term for nobles who wanted power and influence in Russia?

Answer 7

Boyars

Question 8

What is the term for the military and civil ruler of medieval Japan?

Answer 8

Shogun

Question 9

What is the term for a the Russian title which means “emperor”?

Answer 9

Czar

Question 10

What is the term for the Japanese warriors who fought for local rulers?

Answer 10

Samurai

Question 11

What is the term for a code or “Way of the Warrior” In Japan?

Answer 11

Bushido

Question 12

What two countries fought each other in the Great Northern War?

Answer 12

Russia and Sweden

Question 13

What Chinese Dynasty was established by Kublai Khan?

Answer 13

Yuan

Question 14

What city did Peter the Great choose as his capital in 1703?

Answer 14

St Petersburg

Question 15

Who led Russia to independence by defeating the Mongols in 1480?

Answer 15

Ivan the Great

Question 16

What Russian dynasty was ruled by Michael and his descendants from 1613 to 1917?

Answer 16

Romanov

Question 17

What city was attacked by Ivan the Terrible in 1570?

Answer 17

Novgorod

Question 18

What battle ended Ottoman expansion off the coast of Greece in 1571?

Answer 18

Lepanto

Question 19

What ruler invaded central Europe and besieged Vienna in 1529?

Answer 19

Suleiman the Magnificent

Question 20

Did Catherine the Great force the Jews to live in the Pale of Settlement?

Answer 20

YES

Question 21

Was art influenced by Buddhism and Taoism during the Song Dynasty?

Answer 21

YES

Question 22

Did the Time of Troubles end the Romanov Dynasty?

Answer 22

NO

Question 23

Did Miyamoto Musashi unite the Mongols and conquered most of Asia?

Answer 23

NO

Question 24

Did Ivan the Terrible kill his oldest son?

Answer 24

YES

Question 25

Did the Taira clan defeat the Minamoto to unite Japan?

Answer 25

NO

Question 26

Were the Oprichniki enforcers who eliminated opponents of the czar?

Answer 26

YES

Question 27

Did Samurai often commit ritual suicide if they were dishonored?

Answer 27

YES

Question 28

Did Ivan the Great want Russian men to shave their beards?

Answer 28

NO

Question 29

Was the Golden Horde ruled by Arabs?

Answer 29

NO

Question 30

Did Marco Polo serve in the court of Peter the Great in Moscow?

Answer 30

NO