History Quiz

Disease that originated in China and traveled west with merchants and armies. It led to massive population decline in East Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe.

• karma

• yuan dynasty

• smallpox

• bubonic plague

The Hindu & Buddhist belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life.

• karma

• dharma

• reincarnation

• nirvana

Chinese invention that facilitated exchange between merchants and promoted increased trade.

• commodity money

• gunpowder

• paper money

• flat money

High value goods produced in China during the Song dynasty that promoted long-distance trade.

• ren, li, & xiao

• porcelain, silk, lacquerware

• ottoman empire

• gunpowder

Empire whose beginnings date back to 1289 and came to control large portions of the Middle East, Balkans, and Egypt until its collapse in 1923.

• Safavid Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Mughal Empire

• Ottoman Empire

Leader of military gov. during Kamakura period of Japan that still recognized the emperor, but in practice held all the power since they controlled samurai.

• daimyo

• samurai

• shogun

• bushido

Nomadic people from central Asia that created massive empires that stretched from China to the Middle East

• Samurai

• Song Dynasty

• Turks

• Mongols

13th cent. leader of the Mongols who unified the Mongol peoples and led them on a campaign of vast expansion across Asia.

• Khubilai Khan

• Mongols

• Marco Polo

• Genghis Khan

Venetian who traveled to China and his time spent in the court of Khubilai Khan in late 13th cent.. His writings inspired European merchants to increase trade w/ Asia.

• Mongols

• Shogun

• Samurai

• Marco Polo

In Buddhism, the basic rules of behavior and belief leading to nirvana and an end of reincarnation

• Reincarnation

• Nirvana

• Eightfold Path

• Karma