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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose songs record the arrival of the Baijini, according to "Epilogue, A People Called Baijini"?
(a) Chinese songs.
(b) Japanese songs.
(c) British songs.
(d) Aboriginal songs.

2. Where did Zheng He die?
(a) At sea.
(b) In prison.
(c) At his home.
(d) In India.

3. When were the foreign envoys who visited the court of China ordered back to their countries?
(a) 1418.
(b) 1417.
(c) 1419.
(d) 1416.

4. What town has relics of Chinese pottery and other artifacts?
(a) Winga.
(b) Touanwana.
(c) Shanga.
(d) Tanga.

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

6. What was Zhu Di satisfied with, according to "Chapter 8, The Auspicious Appearance of the Celestial Animals"?
(a) The new canons China developed.
(b) The four corners of the sea were quiet.
(c) The number of ships he had.
(d) The plans for the Forbidden City.

7. What was banned during the early Ming Dynasty?
(a) Emigration.
(b) Concubines.
(c) Fish.
(d) Foreigners.

8. How many men did the Timur army have when it invaded China?
(a) 200,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 100,000.

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

10. How many troops did China engage against the Mongols under Zhu Qizhen's rule?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 500,000.

11. What was Zhu Di in the process of doing at the time the fourth treasure fleet set sail?
(a) Preparing his wedding.
(b) Preparing to invade Japan.
(c) Relocating the capital city.
(d) Negotiating with the Mongols.

12. What dynasty was Zhu Di part of ?
(a) The Tang Dynasty.
(b) The Ming Dynasty.
(c) The Zhu Dynasty.
(d) The Wi Dynasty.

13. What did the Chinese use to trade for sapphires and rubies?
(a) Technology.
(b) Porcelain and silk.
(c) Wood carvings.
(d) Weapons.

14. Who were the Baijini linked to?
(a) The Japanese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The Tartars.
(d) The Mongol.

15. Who saw to it that Chinese calendars, Confucian books, and Buddhist scriptures were spread to new lands by the treasure fleet?
(a) Zhu Wang.
(b) Wang Tuan.
(c) Zhu Yi.
(d) Zhu Yuanzhang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does "Chapter 11, The Sultan's Bride" say grew stronger as China grew weaker?

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

3. How long was the mourning period following Zhu Di's death?

4. When was the Forbidden City struck by lightning?

5. Why was Hang Libo brought to Malacca?

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