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WorksheetsAPWHM Unit 3 - Zheng He, Prince Henry, Akbar & Aurangzeb
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which dynasty came immediately after the Song dynasty?
Yuan
Tang
Ming
Qing
Which dynasty came immediately after the Yuan dynasty?
Yuan
Tang
Ming
Qing
Which were true of Zheng He's ethnicity & religion?
Mongol
Han Chinese
Manchu
Muslim
Buddhist
Which emperor did Zheng He serve?
Qin Shi Huangdi
Wu
Kublai Khan
Yongle
Yongle (pronounced "yong leh") was an emperor in which dynasty?
Tang
Song
Yuan
Ming
Select all that were true of Zheng He's voyages
28,000 men
120 men
317 ships
3 ships
included 400-long treasure ships
Zheng He voyaged through the South China Sea, through the Malacca Strait and into the Bay of Bengal. #13 = which body of water?
South China Sea
Malacca Strait
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Zheng He voyaged through the South China Sea, through the Malacca Strait and into the Bay of Bengal. #14 = which body of water?
South China Sea
Malacca Strait
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Zheng He voyaged through the South China Sea, through the Malacca Strait and into the Bay of Bengal. #12 = which body of water?
South China Sea
Malacca Strait
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Zheng He's voyages included stops at Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Mecca and as far away as Kenya. #5 = which of these?
Mecca
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Kenya
Zheng He's voyages included stops at Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Mecca and as far away as Kenya. 11 = which of these?
Mecca
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Kenya
Zheng He's voyages included stops at Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Mecca and as far away as Kenya. #7 = which of these?
Mecca
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Kenya
Prince Henry never himself voyaged outside of Portugal, but he pushed his sailors to explore, first as far south as the Cape Verde Islands and eventually, to Sierra Leone. #2 on the map = which of these?
Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
Sierra Leone
Prince Henry never himself voyaged outside of Portugal, but he pushed his sailors to explore, first as far south as the Cape Verde Islands and eventually, to Sierra Leone. #1 on the map = which of these?
Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
Sierra Leone
Prince Henry never himself voyaged outside of Portugal, but he pushed his sailors to explore, first as far south as the Cape Verde Islands and eventually, to Sierra Leone. #3 on the map = which of these?
Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
Sierra Leone
What happened in the 1440s that increased the profitability of Portuguese expeditions?
The Portuguese discovered gold along the Gold Coast
The Portuguese discovered ivory along the Ivory Coast
The Portuguese expeditions began trading in enslaved people from Africa
The Portuguese expeditions began pirating along the coast of Africa
Which of the following were true of Henry's motivations? (select all that apply)
to save slaves' souls by converting them to Christianity
to make an alliance with a (mythical) Christian king in sub-Saharan Africa named Prestor John
to acquire wealth and extend the reach of his royal family
to find a route to Antarctica
Which of the following were reasons that Emperor Yongle sponsored Zheng He's voyages? (select all that apply)
to find a rumored island of gold
to set up diplomatic and economic exchanges with foreign nations
to demonstrate power after winning a civil war
to impress foreigners with China as the source of all wisdom and political power
Which of these were reasons that Yongle ended the expensive voyages? (select all that apply)
distrust between Confucian ministers and the eunuchs who supported the ships
Zheng Ha's work had clearly bolstered Ming prestige
Confucian ministers advised him to shift resources to counter new military threats in the north (on land)
What made the Caravel ships so useful to the Portugues? (select all that apply)
2-3 masts with interchangeable sails
square sails for open water/lateen sails for shoreline sailing
rounded bottom made them the fastest ships at that time
square hulls for storing lots of goods, like Chinese junks
Who invented the Caravel?
Zheng He
Henry the Navigator
Emperor Akbar
Emperor Aurangzeb
Which of these illustrates Emperor Akbar's tolerance toward non-Muslims? (select all that apply)
married several Hindu princesses and did not force them to convert to Islam
removed the jizya (special tax) on non-Muslims
built House of Worship where intellectual discussions occurred among different religions
incorporated Hindus into the political-military elite
he encourage Muslim women to marry Hindu men
Which of these illustrates Emperor Aurangzeb's rigid, intolerant form of Islam? (Select all that apply.)
he reimposed the jizya
some Hindu temples were destroyed
dancing girls were ordered to get married or leave the empire
he forced Hindus to practice sati (widows burning themselves to death after the their husbands die)
Akbar & Aurangzeb were emperors of which land-based empire?
Ottoman
Safavid
Mughal
Russia
Ming dynasty
