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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was punishable by death by 1500?

2. How did the leader of the Timur die?

3. What Tibetan leader did Zhu Di have a good relationship with?

4. What did Zhu Di see the Japan's envoy as a recognition of?

5. Who were the Chinese trading with in the 8th century B.C?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Zhu Di go to great lengths to stabilize?

2. Who succeeded Zhu Zhanji, and what did the eunuchs have as a result?

3. Who did Zhu Di establish as translator and chronicler of the voyage?

4. What knowledge does early Chinese history point to?

5. Who was named the new emperor, and how was he viewed, in "Chapter 10, The Last Voyage"?

6. What happened to inhabitants of towns in China?

7. What was the goal of the seventh voyage of the treasure fleet in 1430?

8. Why was Hu, master of the water clock, imprisoned in 1421?

9. Why did Zhu Di become unreasonable, in "Chapter 9, Fires in the Forbidden City"?

10. Why did Zhu Di infuriate the Timurids, and what happened as a result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the Forbidden City and how Zhu Di was affected by the bad luck of the city.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the general population was strained because of the treasure fleet and how the population was impacted.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of Emperor in ancient China, how an Emperor was chosen, as well as the responsibilities of an Emperor.

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