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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Prisoner and the Prince.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many sons did Zhu Yuanzhang father?
(a) 89.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 12.

2. What does archeological evidence indicate about the Yi people?
(a) They used tar.
(b) They didn't know bronze.
(c) They traveled as far as New Guinea and Australia.
(d) They sacrificed women.

3. What did Zhu Yuanzhang become after the victory over the Mongols?
(a) Head of the eunuchs of the Emperor.
(b) Second emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
(c) Head of the Chinese army.
(d) First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

4. How did Khubilai Khan lose part of his army during the invasion of Burma?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Typhus.
(d) The plague.

5. During what period did the southern Asian migrate to Taiwan, the Philippines, and Fiji?
(a) 9000 B.C. to 1300 B.C.
(b) 5000 B.C. to 1300 B.C.
(c) 9000 B.C. to 7300 B.C.
(d) 9000 B.C. to 130 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the Confucian principals taught to Zhu's sons?

2. Who were the descendants of the Chinese seafaring people?

3. What country did the Mongols invade in 1274?

4. What resources came to China from Burma in the 7th Century?

5. What happened to the young sons of the defeated Mongols?

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