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1. Genghis Khan mother name was:
Oelun-leke
Oelun-eke
Oelun-Kiyat
None of the above
2. Through the 1180s and 1190s, Temujin (Genghis Khan) remained an ally of
Boghurchu
Jamuqa
Kereyits
Ong Khan
3. What was known as the yam?
Courier system
Army system
Cavalry system
Administration system
4. In the 3rd century BCE in China, the fortifications started to be integrated into a common defensive outwork, known as the
Great Wall of China
Humen Weiyuan Fort of China
Taku Forts of China
Wanping Castle of China
5. Why were the Mongols defeated by the Egyptian army?
Because Mongol rulers began to take more interest in China
Because the Mongol army was less equipped
Because Mongols were less developed
None of the above
6. The childhood name of Genghis Khan was:
Morin Khuur
Nominjin
Temujin
Tamujin
7. During Genghis Khan’s attempt to conquer China, North China was ruled by
Hsi Hsia
Jurchen
Sung dynasty
Ogodei
8. Why Genghis Khan commanded to plunder and destroy Nishapur.
Because a Mongol prince was killed
Because Nishapur refused to export agricultural produce
Because they were developing industries
None of the above
9. The Mongols travelled with their herds to pasture lands and lived in tents called:
Anda
Gers
Noyan
Yasa
10. Why was the Great Wall of China built?
To store grains
For the protection of China
To export materials
None of the above
11. The Mongols imported _______ from China.
Cotton
Crude Oil
Coffee
Iron Utensils
12. Timur, a Barlas Turk who rose to power between 1370-1405 CE, claimed descent from Genghis Khan, through the lineage of:
Chaghtay
Toluy
Jochi
Ogedei
13. Monks who moved from one place to another, preaching to the people and living on charity. These monks were known as ______
Manor
Friars
Tithe
Serfs
14. We see the rise of absolute monarchy in Europe in the
15th & 16th centuries
13th & 14th centuries
12th & 13th centuries
16th & 17th centuries
15. There was a growing uncertainty about the value and purpose of monasticism by the
thirteenth century
fourteenth century
fifteenth century
sixteenth-century
16. What were Cathedral towns?
Towns developed around plains
Towns developed around Churches
Towns developed around industries
Towns developed around Capital
17. The land granted by the lord to the knights was called:
Fief
Feud
Seigneur
Manor
18. A guild was an association of
monks
farmers
craft and industry
lords
19. The king who was declared the Holy Roman Emperor was
Charlemagne
Louis I
Louis II
Louis III
20. The first king who was declared the ‘Holy Roman Emperor’ was
Charlemagne
Louis I
Louis II
Louis III
21. One of the gradual changes that affected the social and economic ties between the lords and the vassals was
agricultural technology
environment
land use
new towns
22. Who was William I?
Duke of Normandy
Duke of Exeter
Duke of Somerset
Duke of Darlington
23. According to French priests, the basis of classification among the three orders was
education
race
wealth
nature of work
24. Fertile land was known as _____
Franks
Gaul
Manor
Fief
25. The knight was given a piece of land by the lord. This piece of land was called _______
Franks
Toll
Manor
Fief
26. The Church was given the right to take one-tenth of the total produce of the peasant over the course of a year which was called a _____
Taille
Toll
Tithe
Franks
27. Ibn Rushd was an Arab philosopher of _____
France
Germany
Britain
Spain
28. The painting ‘Mona Lisa’ was made by
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
29. The author of the book ‘The Prince’ is
Lorenzo Valla
Gutenberg
Machiavelli
Alberti
30. Ptolemy’s Almagest was work on ______
Mathematics
Astronomy
Philosophy
Sociology
31. The earliest universities in the European continent were set up in the country of
France
Germany
Italy
England
32. The families that gave more importance to women during the 15th century were those of
aristocrats
artists
merchants
scholars
33. In Arabic, the person who was known as ‘Aflatun’ was
Plato
Aristotle
Dante
Ceasar
34. Renaissance is best known for its
cultural developments
social developments
political developments
economic developments
35. Andreas Vesalius was a professor of _____ at the University of Padua.
Medicine
Astronomy
Philosophy
Mathematics
36. The opening of trade between Europe and China started in the
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
37. By the early fifteenth century, ______ was used for those masters who taught grammar, poetry, rhetoric, history, and moral philosophy.
literates
humanists
authors
writers
38. When Renaissance occurred in Europe?
11th century
13th century
15th century
16th century
39. Petrarch was given the title of Poet Laureate in Rome in
1341
1342
1343
1344
40. Who built roads through mountains from Ecuador to Chile.
German
Incas
Maya
Aztecs
41. When Christopher Columbus reached the islands of Cubanascan, he mistook it for
Andaman
Australia
Japan
Malaysia
42. Who destroyed the Inca civilization?
German
British
Spanish
French
43. In 1519, the group that was trying to secede from the Aztec rule of king Montezuma was
Castillo
Malinchista
Tlaxcalans
Totonacs
44. The first formal Portuguese capital in South America was
Salvador
Cuba
Bahamas
Bahia/Salvador
45. The magnetic compass, used in explorations, had been known since
1377
1378
1379
1380
46. The civilization which was politically less powerful than the Aztecs in Mexico was
Arawaks
Caribs
Incas
Mayas
47. _______ was the science of mapping the universe.
Cosmography
Cartography
Calligraphy
Pictography
48. The ruler who ascended the throne after a civil war was
Atahualpa
Cuatemoc
Montezuma
Manco Capac
49. Who made Chinampas, artificial islands in Lake Mexico.
Cuatemoc
Tupinambas
Aztecs
Agnocists
50. Aztecs got power when they destroyed the power of ______
Montezuma
Incas
Maya
Toltecs
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