After our geographic road trip around Asia in one of our latest quizzes, we thought we'd check out some Asian history while we're hanging around the biggest continent. What do you say, ready for a historical challenge?
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The majority of the Islamic Golden Age occurred during which era in the West?
The industrial revolution
The bronze age
The Dark Ages
The fall of the Roman Empire
2 of 13
The Mandate of Heaven was important to the rulers of which ancient place?
The Mandate of Heaven, or Tian Ming, was an important political doctrine in ancient China. It established rulers as divinely chosen.
China
India
Japan
Pakistan
3 of 13
What was the Silk Road?
The Silk Road was a massive trade route that allowed people of Europe, Africa, and Asia to trade with one another. It caused cultural ideas to spread and mix.
The path of war Napoleon took to attack Russia
The secret naval passage to Japan
A road only smugglers knew about took to smuggle European products into China
An ancient trading route
4 of 13
When did India become independent of Great Britain?
18th century
15th century
17th century
20th century
5 of 13
When did Buddhism arrive in Japan, roughly?
Buddhism was officially transmitted to Japan in 525, when the monarch of the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent a mission to Japan with gifts, including an image of the Buddha
1100 years after Jesus
Around the time of Jesus's birth
500 years after Jesus
1200 years before Jesus
6 of 13
Constantinople was the capital of...
The Byzantine Empire
The Western Roman Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Mongolian Empire
7 of 13
True or False: Japan did not take part in World War I
Japan participated in World War I from 1914-1918. They were allied with the Entente Powers against Germany.
True
False
8 of 13
The first opium war, fought around 1839-1842, was between China and...
Britain felt disadvantaged in trade because goods from China were in high demand, but their goods were not in high demand in China. To try and balance the scales, they introduced Indian opium to China, causing widespread addiction. When the Chinese tried to resist this by destroying the opium, the British declared war on them, which they won.
Italy
Britain
Spain
Portugal
9 of 13
Which Asian country used to be known as Siam?
Thailand
Indonesia
Vietnam
Laos
10 of 13
Complete the sentence: _________ was invented in China.
Coffee
Cheese
The Clock
Gunpowder
11 of 13
The Vietnam War was also fought in...
China
Cambodia
South Korea
Indonesia
12 of 13
Women in which ancient society often performed the same tasks as men?
Chinese
Persia
India
Mongol
13 of 13
When was the Russian Empire founded?
The Russian Empire was one of the largest empires in human history. It lasted from 1721 to 1917.
3rd century
9th century
12th century
18th century
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