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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Zhu Yuanzhang's distinction during the fight against the Mongols?
(a) Not killing civilians.
(b) Participating in the battle.
(c) Killing women.
(d) Riding a dragon.

3. What did the requirements for the building of the Emperor's fleet strain?
(a) The Chinese wood supply.
(b) The Chinese gold reserves.
(c) The relationship between Japan and China.
(d) The general population.

4. Who forced the first historic kingdom from the inland to the shores?
(a) The Ming.
(b) The Mongols.
(c) The Zhou.
(d) The Tartars.

5. Who forced Parameswara to exile himself to Malacca?
(a) Bangaya.
(b) Zhu Yi.
(c) Palembang.
(d) Payantana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the eunuchs castrated before puberty called?

2. What resources came to China from Burma in the 7th Century?

3. Where did the treasure fleet go before stopping at Ceylon during its third voyage?

4. What country did the Mongols invade in 1274?

5. What city did Marco Polo say was "greater than any city"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the strength of the treasure ships attributed to?

2. What happened to eunuchs before they reached puberty, and how were they described as adults?

3. What do geologists theorize regarding mass migrations?

4. What role did eunuchs have in the fleet?

5. What new kind of ship was designed for travel, and what did it have?

6. Why was the second mission smaller in scale?

7. What happened on Ceylon upon the treasure fleet's arrival?

8. What was the first historic Chinese kingdom around 1500 B.C.?

9. Who was made commander in chief of the treasure fleet, in "Chapter 5, Destination: Calicut," and why was this significant?

10. What did Zhu Di eventually usurp and what was later discovered about him?

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