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Kublai Khan - Quiz
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  • 1. Which brother of Kublai Khan raised troops while Kublai was away?
A) Hulagu
B) Alghu
C) Ariq Böke
D) Kadan
  • 2. Where did Ariq Böke hold his kurultai to be named Great Khan?
A) Hangzhou
B) Xanadu
C) Karakorum
D) Shaanxi
  • 3. On what date was Kublai proclaimed Great Khan?
A) 15 April 1260
B) February 1262
C) 21 August 1264
D) 28 January 1264
  • 4. Who encouraged Kublai to ascend the throne?
A) The Golden Horde
B) His ethnic Han staff
C) His wife
D) The Chagatai Khanate
  • 5. Whose line of descendants did not attend Kublai's kurultai?
A) Möngke
B) Jochi
C) Ögedei
D) Genghis Khan
  • 6. Who did Kublai dispatch to Shaanxi and Sichuan to handle the civil administration?
A) Lian Xixian
B) Shi Tianze
C) Wang Wentong
D) Shi Shu
  • 7. Who was the civil administrator of Ariq Böke executed in Shaanxi?
A) Liu Taiping
B) Alamdar
C) Alghu
D) Abishqa
  • 8. Which person did Kublai send as the new khan to the Chagatai Khanate?
A) Liu Taiping
B) Alamdar
C) Alghu
D) Abishqa
  • 9. Who was killed in the first armed clash between Kublai and Ariq Böke?
A) Alamdar
B) Li Tan
C) Abishqa
D) Wang Wentong
  • 10. Who supported Kublai in cutting off food supplies to Karakorum?
A) Berke
B) Kadan
C) Hulagu
D) Alghu
  • 11. Which governor revolted against Mongol rule in February 1262?
A) Liu Taiping
B) Lian Xixian
C) Wang Wentong
D) Li Tan
  • 12. Who was the Chief Administrator of the Central Secretariat executed after the revolt of 1262?
A) Shi Tianze
B) Liu Taiping
C) Wang Wentong
D) Shi Shu
  • 13. What did the revolt of Li Tan instill in Kublai?
A) Distrust of ethnic Hans
B) Support for religious groups
C) A desire to relocate the capital
D) Trust in Mongol princes
  • 14. On what date did Kublai impose taxes on religious establishments?
A) 21 August 1264
B) February 1262
C) 28 January 1264
D) 15 April 1260
  • 15. Where did Ariq Böke surrender to Kublai?
A) Karakorum
B) Xanadu
C) Shaanxi
D) Hangzhou
  • 16. What happened to Ariq Böke after he surrendered to Kublai?
A) He was executed
B) He was pardoned
C) He was exiled
D) He was reinstated as khan
  • 17. Who was the khan of the Golden Horde during the civil war?
A) Berke
B) Kadan
C) Alghu
D) Hulagu
  • 18. Which of these did Kublai execute after the civil war?
A) Ariq Böke himself
B) Ariq Böke's chief supporters
C) Alghu Khan
D) The Ilkhan Hulagu
  • 19. What was Kublai Khan's temple name as the Emperor of the Yuan dynasty?
A) Möngke
B) Shizu
C) Setsen
D) Genghis
  • 20. In what year did Kublai Khan proclaim the name 'Great Yuan'?
A) 1260
B) 1271
C) 1294
D) 1227
  • 21. Who was Kublai Khan's mother?
A) Haiyun
B) Duan Xingzhi
C) Sorghaghtani Beki
D) Chabi
  • 22. How old was Kublai Khan when Genghis Khan died?
A) 9
B) 15
C) 7
D) 12
  • 23. What occurred during the ceremony performed by Genghis Khan near the Ili River in 1224?
A) Genghis gave Kublai a sword
B) Kublai was forced to join the army
C) Genghis smeared animal fat on Kublai's middle finger
D) Kublai was crowned heir to the empire
  • 24. Who became Khagan after Genghis Khan died?
A) Ogedei
B) Ariq Böke
C) Möngke
D) Tolui
  • 25. Who introduced Liu Bingzhong to Kublai Khan?
A) Zhao Bi
B) Duan Xingzhi
C) Haiyun
D) Möngke
  • 26. What positions did Liu Bingzhong hold before becoming an advisor to Kublai?
A) Painter, calligrapher, poet, and mathematician
B) Tax collector and Confucian scholar
C) Merchant and linguist
D) General, architect, and governor
  • 27. Which kingdom did Kublai Khan invade in 1253?
A) Jin dynasty
B) Dali Kingdom
C) Khwarezmia
D) Song dynasty
  • 28. What was the name of the last king of Dali who defected to the Mongols?
A) Mahmud Yalavach
B) Duan Xingzhi
C) Jia Sidao
D) Uriyangkhadai
  • 29. Who was the Tibetan monk that bestowed an empowerment ritual on Kublai Khan?
A) Drogön Chögyal Phagpa
B) Liu Bingzhong
C) Zhao Bi
D) Haiyun
  • 30. Which Song minister negotiated with Kublai Khan near the Yangtze?
A) Duan Xingzhi
B) Mahmud Yalavach
C) Alamdar
D) Jia Sidao
  • 31. Which of these regions did Kublai Khan order an invasion of?
A) India
B) Russia
C) Egypt
D) Japan
  • 32. What health condition did Kublai Khan suffer from in 1258?
A) Arthritis
B) Gout
C) Malaria
D) Smallpox
  • 33. What role did Sorghaghtani Beki play in Kublai's early governance?
A) She acted as his regent
B) She led his armies
C) She sent new officials to help him reform taxes
D) She managed his household in Karakorum
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