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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. What modern types of vessels were the early Chinese seafarers using similar to?
(a) Cruise ships.
(b) Sailing rafts.
(c) Tub boats.
(d) Triremes.

2. Why did the northern and eastern Mongols accept to make peace with Zhu Di?
(a) They feared his army.
(b) They could not pass the great wall.
(c) They saw the profit in it.
(d) They needed supplies to survive.

3. What happened to the young sons of the defeated Mongols?
(a) They were freed.
(b) They were killed.
(c) They were imprisoned.
(d) They were castrated.

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

5. When did Wang Zhi try to rebuild a powerful navy?
(a) 1478.
(b) 1477.
(c) 1475.
(d) 1457.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeded Zhu Di to the Throne?

2. When were the foreign envoys who visited the court of China ordered back to their countries?

3. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang forbid his sons from attending his funeral?

4. When was the largest of the treasure fleet expeditions ordered, according to "Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals"?

5. What regions were in economic peril because of Zhu Yuanzhang's retreat from trade?

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