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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Confucians and Curiosities.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who controlled the trade in the Indian Ocean in the 12th century?
(a) The British.
(b) The Japanese.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) Persians and Arabs.

2. What resources came to China from Persia in the 7th Century?
(a) Caviar.
(b) Coal.
(c) Gold.
(d) Pistachios.

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

4. Why did the inhabitants of central China decide to leave the area?
(a) The cattle died of poisoning.
(b) The Yangzi River was iced over.
(c) The Yellow River overflowed.
(d) The Mongols invaded.

5. What type of trade developed in the 7th and 8th Century?
(a) Horse trade.
(b) Human trade.
(c) Silk trade.
(d) Coal trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What compromised Chinese trade interests in the 3rd century A.D?

2. How did Confucius refer to China?

3. When were the Yi able to migrate to Alaska and North America?

4. When was the first unified Chines empire created?

5. What were the Indonesians trying to escape from during the first and second millennium B.C.?

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