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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. What compromised Chinese trade interests in the 3rd century A.D?
(a) The rise of the British Navy.
(b) The rise of Japanese piracy.
(c) The fall of available wood to build chips.
(d) The fall of the Han Dynasty.

2. Why did the Yi turn to the sea for their subsistence?
(a) They liked fish.
(b) They didn't have land to cultivate.
(c) The ground was too frozen to cultivate.
(d) They knew how to make boats.

3. Where did the Yi forefathers migrate from?
(a) Highlands of central China.
(b) Lowlands of China.
(c) The Mongol Empire.
(d) India.

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

5. When was the first unified Chines empire created?
(a) 521 B.C.
(b) 221 B.C.
(c) 121 B.C.
(d) 321 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Confucius say about contact with foreigners?

2. Who controlled the trade in the Indian Ocean in the 12th century?

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

4. Whom was Zhu Di the son of?

5. In what countries were artifacts similar to those of the first historical kingdom found?

(see the answer key)

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