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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. Whom did Zhu Yunwen allow to return to Zhu Di?
(a) Zhu Di's wife.
(b) 2,000 of Zhu Di's soldiers.
(c) Zhu Di's three remaining sons.
(d) 25 of Zhu Di's concubines.

2. What goddess did the crew of the treasure fleet pray to before they left?
(a) Tianfei.
(b) Tifi-Han.
(c) Yi-Tu.
(d) Han-Ze-Wi.

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

4. What color were the sails of the treasure ship?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

5. Why did the Yi turn to the sea for their subsistence?
(a) They didn't have land to cultivate.
(b) The ground was too frozen to cultivate.
(c) They knew how to make boats.
(d) They liked fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who destroyed the pagoda Zhu Di built in honor of his mother?

2. What did the treasure fleet use to determine its direction?

3. How were the Confucian principals taught to Zhu's sons?

4. How many factions were fighting for the control of Ceylon?

5. Why did the inhabitants of central China decide to leave the area?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened under the Song Dynasty?

2. How did the rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang distinguish himself?

3. What did Zheng He carry with him, and what did he plan to do with it?

4. What did the Song Dynasty establish to protect its sovereignty, and how did it set China apart?

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 unexpected event did the fleet encounter?

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

9. What did Zhu Di order the construction of in 1403?

10. What had the Chinese gained knowledge of by the first centuries A.D.?

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