G-3/10: The Ming Dynasty and Zheng He

Multiple Choice

What dynasty was set up in China by the Mongols?

• Tang

• Sui

• Quin

• Yuan

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What is the correct order of the dynasties from latest to most recent that you just started learning about (after the Han Dynasty)

• Yuan, Tang, Song, Ming
• Ming, Song, Yuan, Tang

• Song, Tang, Ming, Yuan

• Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming

G-3/10: The Ming Dynasty and Zheng He

By Ben Katagiri

Multiple Choice

What did the Mongols bring to the lands they conquered?

• Chaos

• Peace

• Stability

• Resources

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What were Mongol and Chinese relations like?

• They mingled socially but did not adopt religious traditions

• They were very similar and developed a cohesive culture

• They did not get along and often were at odds over decisions

• They lived apart and did not mix socially

Multiple Choice

What Chinese tradition was halted by the Mongols?

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Kinship

• Civil Service Examinations

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The name "Ming" means-

• Mongol

• Brightness

• New China

• Strong wall

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Emperor who reunited China after the Mongol rule

• Zhu Yuanzhang

• Zheng He

• Chairman Mao

• Pol Pot

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Why did Chinese people call ancient China the "Middle Kingdom"?

• It was between Europe and the Pacific Ocean
• They felt they were the center of all civilizations, even the world

• They lived between the desert and Himalaya Mountains
• They lived between the North China Plain and the Huang He.

Multiple Choice

Why would the Chinese place themselves in the MIDDLE of a map?

• They are the "center" of the world

• The are the "middle man" between Europe and North America

• They are "in the middle" of all conflicts

• They are the "middle" or "most average" civilization

Multiple Select

What was on the civil service examination?

• Law

• Legalism

• History

• Confucianism

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What was the purpose of the civil service exams? PICK TWO

• To ensure that government officials were selected because they were qualified to perform the job

• To limit government jobs to family members only

• To make sure people knew how to drive before they got a license

• To allow the people of that nation to have a say in government

• To become isolationists, and stop any trade with the outside world

Multiple Choice

Individual characters that can be arranged to create a printing job and then used over again.         

• inoculate
• moveable type
• Daoism
• reunify

Multiple Choice

What were two influential advancements of Song dynasty?

• Gunpowder and movable-type printing

• Engineering and art

• Poetry and medicine

• Astronomy and cartography

Multiple Choice

Zheng He was which of the following?

• China's greatest explorer (was Muslim)

• A chef from China

• A Russian worker

• A Japenese builder

Multiple Choice

In the early 1400s, during the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He was sent by his emperor on sailing voyages to

• search for gold and other riches in Africa

• defeat the Mongol navy in the East China Sea

• show China's interest in trade and display the power and splendor of China

• discover an ocean route to North America

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Select ALL the things that the Chinese carried on their ships.

• Gold & Silver

• Zebra and giraffe

• Silk & Spices

• Trees & Shrubs

• Food, Horses & Water

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Following Zheng He's death, what happened to the voyages, the Chinese navy and the focus of China? Select 3.

• the voyages stopped and the navy was drastically cut

• a new leader was put in place and voyages to America began

• attention was placed on stopping Mongol attacks from the North

• a period of isolationism began

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