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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the Confucian principals taught to Zhu's sons?
(a) Through horror stories.
(b) Though religious books.
(c) Through stories of war.
(d) Through stories of sacrifice and loyalty.

2. When did Zhu Di claim the throne of China?
(a) 1401.
(b) 1403.
(c) 1402.
(d) 1399.

3. When was the second voyage of the treasure fleet planned for?
(a) 1408.
(b) 1409.
(c) 1418.
(d) 1508.

4. Who does "Chapter 4, The Treasure Fleet" say were used in command position?
(a) Eunuchs.
(b) Women.
(c) Persians.
(d) Japanese.

5. What was a flying tiger in the 13th century?
(a) A firework.
(b) A Chinese warship.
(c) A kite.
(d) A canon.

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

7. When did the Emperor order the Fujian province to produce oceangoing ships, according to "Chapter 4, The Treasure Fleet"?
(a) 1403.
(b) 1405.
(c) 1407.
(d) 1402.

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

9. What country did the Mongols invade in 1274?
(a) The Phillipines.
(b) Japan.
(c) Persia.
(d) China.

10. How large of an army did the Chinese have when they took the provincial seat at Kunming?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 100,000.

11. In what year were Khubilai Khan's forces defeated by the Chinese?
(a) 1368.
(b) 1365.
(c) 1568.
(d) 1358.

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

13. How long did the first historic Chinese kingdom last?
(a) 200 years.
(b) 300 years.
(c) 500 years.
(d) 700 years.

14. What regions were in economic peril because of Zhu Yuanzhang's retreat from trade?
(a) Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula.
(b) Inland China.
(c) Macao.
(d) Japan.

15. How many ships were part of the second voyage of the treasure fleet?
(a) 158.
(b) 36.
(c) 68.
(d) 72.

Short Answer Questions

1. What resources came to China from Persia in the 7th Century?

2. What were the eunuchs castrated before puberty called?

3. What dynasty made Confucianism the basis of the Chinese moral code?

4. What did the first boat people cross, according to "Chapter 1, The Yi Peoples"?

5. Where did the fleet first stop on its way to India?

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