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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Strange Kingdoms of Malacca and Ceylon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the third voyage of the treasure fleet start, according to "Chapter 6, The Strange Kingdoms of Malacca and Ceylon"?
(a) Fall of 1409.
(b) Spring of 1409.
(c) Fall of 1419.
(d) Summer of 1409.

2. What city did Marco Polo say was "greater than any city"?
(a) Wen Mibng.
(b) Venice.
(c) Hangzhou.
(d) Beijin.

3. What did the treasure fleet discover in Java?
(a) Numerous shipwrecks.
(b) Gold mines.
(c) Colonies of trade merchants.
(d) Primitive villages.

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

5. What did Confucius' teaching do to those who made their living from the sea?
(a) Turned them into second class citizens.
(b) Made them enemies of the Empire.
(c) Made them abandon their craft.
(d) Made them leave China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Zhu Di's mother?

2. Who forced the first historic kingdom from the inland to the shores?

3. What did the requirements for the building of the Emperor's fleet strain?

4. Where did the Yi forefathers migrate from?

5. How did Confucius refer to China?

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