Chinese History Quiz

Genghis Khan then turned his attention to ______.

• Europe

• China

• India

• Africa

The brutality of the Mongol attacks terrorized people throughout much of ______ and Eastern Europe.

• Africa

• Asia

• America

• Australia

The ______ Empire included China, and the Mongols ruled China as the ______ dynasty.

• Ottoman/Abbasid

• Mongol/Ming

• Roman/Byzantine

• Mongol/Yuan

The examinations tested students' knowledge of ______ and related ideas.

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Confucianism

• Legalism

By the time of Genghis Khan's death in ______, all of northern China was under Mongol control.

• 1227

• 1237

• 1247

• 1257

However, candidates for the civil service examinations had a good reason to study hard. Passing the tests meant life as a ______, an educated member of the government.

• farmer

• merchant

• scholar-official

• soldier

The lands he ruled made up one of the largest empires in world history - it stretched from the Pacific Ocean to ______.

• Europe

• Africa

• Australia

• Eastern Europe

These workers formed a large bureaucracy, or a body of unelected government ______.

• officials

• merchants

• scholars

• farmers

The ______ dynasty was a time of stability and prosperity.

• Tang

• Yuan

• Ming

• Qing

Life in Yuan China Kublai Khan and the Mongol rulers he led belonged to a different ethnic group from the Chinese.

• True

• False