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Eastern Empires

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Under what ruler did the Ottoman Empire reach its peak?

a)

Mehmed the Conquerer

b)

Osman I

c)

Suleiman the Magnificent

d)

Mustafa !

2.

What modern day country was created from the Ottoman Empire?

a)

Hungary

b)

Greece

c)

Turkey

d)

Bulgaria

3.

How did Confucian teachings affect the people of China

a)

They felt it was most important for one to respect parent and ancestors

b)

They thought it was important to treat others as you would want to be treated

c)

Confucian principles were deeply engrained into their system of governance

d)

All of the above

4.

Which Ottoman sultan conquered the city of Constantinople?

a)

Mehmed I

b)

Mehmed II

c)

Constantine

d)

Suleiman the Law giver

5.

Which Mongol leader took over China and attacked Japan twice?

a)

Genghis Khan

b)

Tamerlane

c)

Kublai Khan

d)

Abu Akbar

6.

The Tokugawa Shogunate was a type of

a)

Military Government

b)

Cultural institution

c)

Religious authority

d)

Commercial partnership

7.

Which Chinese explorer had the largest naval fleet of his time

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Genghis Khan

c)

Zheng He

d)

Michael Romanov

8.

Which Mughal ruler was considered the best?

a)

Allah Akbar

b)

Muhammad

c)

Osman I

d)

Abu Akbar

9.

Who founded the Ottoman Empire

a)

Osman I

b)

Suleiman the Magnificent

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Mehmed I

10.

Which term is the title of the Russian emperor and is the Russian version of the term Caesar or king?

a)

Olga

b)

Czar

c)

Slavs

d)

Vladimir

11.

What is the Japanese equivalent to a knight in shining armor?

a)

Samurai

b)

Sushi

c)

Geisha girl

d)

Shogun

12.

Why was the Taj Mahal built?

a)

Jahan liked shiny things

b)

Jahan had it built to symbolize his love for his wife

c)

A new palace was needed for the shah

d)

It was built a s tribute to the West

13.

What is Bushido?

a)

A popular bonsai tree

b)

The largest gun in history

c)

A Japanese suicide pilot

d)

The code of conduct for Japanese samurai

14.

What happened to the Mongol forces that tried to invade Japan?

a)

They were victorious

b)

They were killed by a volcano

c)

They were blown away by a typhoon on two campaigns

d)

They allied with the Japanese

15.

Why was the fall of Constantinople a world changing event?

a)

The black plague started there

b)

It was the death of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) empire

c)

The Ottomans discovered gunpowder there

d)

Christianity gained a foothold in the Middle east

16.

Shintoism is

a)

A Japanese religion that says all things have a spirit or Kami

b)

Chinese belief in reincarnation

c)

A form of Samurai Government

d)

A disease of the shin bones

17.

Which dynasty unified China

a)

The Qin Dynasty

b)

The Shang dynasty

c)

The Zhou dynasty

d)

The Ming dynasty

18.

The great wall was built....

a)

as a tribute to the emperor

b)

to protect China from Northern barbarian invaders

c)

to stimulate the Chinese economy

d)

stop wind shears from moving through the Gobi desert

19.

The 1st Chinese emperor

a)

lasted only 5 years

b)

ruled democratically

c)

built a grand tomb for himself with Terracotta warriors and rivers of mercury.

d)

was loved bu all of his people

20.

Who was Genghis Kahn?

a)

The first Muhgal sultan

b)

The Ottoman emperor that sacked Constantinople

c)

The first Chinese emperor

d)

a Mongol leader that expanded the empire to over 9 million square miles.

21.

The Mongol Empire decline because

a)

They grew to large and ran out of slave labor

b)

Genghis Kahn did not name a successor so his sons fought and split up the empire.

c)

they were cruel to the people, so they rebelled and crushed Genghis Kahn

d)

they over spent on military campaigns and broke the treasury

22.

The Mugahl Sultan Aurangzeb wrecked his empire...

a)

by bringing back slavery, religious taxes and cruelty to the Hindus

b)

attacking The Safavid, suffering heavy losses

c)

spending too much on grand building projects

d)

giving the Hindus too much freedom