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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Last Voyage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the foreign envoys who visited the court of China ordered back to their countries?
(a) 1419.
(b) 1416.
(c) 1418.
(d) 1417.

2. Why did the ships built for the south seas sport a pointed hull?
(a) To allow them to travel through rough waters.
(b) To board other ships.
(c) To ram other ships.
(d) To increase speed.

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

4. Where was Parameswara driven out from?
(a) Sumatra.
(b) Ceylon.
(c) India.
(d) China.

5. Where did the treasure fleet go before stopping at Ceylon during its third voyage?
(a) Manila.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula.
(d) Nowhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Zhu Yuanzhang's distinction during the fight against the Mongols?

2. How did Khubilai Khan lose part of his army during the invasion of Burma?

3. Why was Parameswara having problems when the treasure fleet came to his kingdom?

4. When did Zhu Di claim the throne of China?

5. Where did the 7th voyage of the treasure fleet start from?

(see the answer key)

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