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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Confucius refer to China?
(a) The Greatest Empire.
(b) The Middle Kingdom.
(c) The Rising Sun Empire.
(d) The Never Ending Kingdom.

3. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang forbid his sons from attending his funeral?
(a) He feared they would fight to gain power.
(b) He didn't want his concubines to be stolen.
(c) He didn't want his tomb looted.
(d) He wanted them to pray for him at the temple.

4. Who were the descendants of the Chinese seafaring people?
(a) Seafaring people of Indonesia and Polynesia.
(b) The Hawaiian people.
(c) Aborigines.
(d) The British.

5. When did the Shogun that sent the envoys to China die?
(a) 1412.
(b) 1410.
(c) 1411.
(d) 1413.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Alakeswara the commander of?

2. During what period did the southern Asian migrate to Taiwan, the Philippines, and Fiji?

3. What was Zhu Di in the process of doing at the time the fourth treasure fleet set sail?

4. How did the Emperor extend the number of oceangoing ships without building new ones?

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

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