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APWHM Unit 3 - Zheng He, Prince Henry, Akbar & Aurangzeb

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which dynasty came immediately after the Song dynasty?

a)

Yuan

b)

Tang

c)

Ming

d)

Qing

2.

Which dynasty came immediately after the Yuan dynasty?

a)

Yuan

b)

Tang

c)

Ming

d)

Qing

3.

Which were true of Zheng He's ethnicity & religion?

a)

Mongol

b)

Han Chinese

c)

Manchu

d)

Muslim

e)

Buddhist

4.

Which emperor did Zheng He serve?

a)

Qin Shi Huangdi

b)

Wu

c)

Kublai Khan

d)

Yongle

5.

Yongle (pronounced "yong leh") was an emperor in which dynasty?

a)

Tang

b)

Song

c)

Yuan

d)

Ming

6.

Select all that were true of Zheng He's voyages

a)

28,000 men

b)

120 men

c)

317 ships

d)

3 ships

e)

included 400-long treasure ships

7.

Zheng He voyaged through the South China Sea, through the Malacca Strait and into the Bay of Bengal. #13 = which body of water?

a)

South China Sea

b)

Malacca Strait

c)

Bay of Bengal

d)

Arabian Sea

8.

Zheng He voyaged through the South China Sea, through the Malacca Strait and into the Bay of Bengal. #14 = which body of water?

a)

South China Sea

b)

Malacca Strait

c)

Bay of Bengal

d)

Arabian Sea

9.

Zheng He voyaged through the South China Sea, through the Malacca Strait and into the Bay of Bengal. #12 = which body of water?

a)

South China Sea

b)

Malacca Strait

c)

Bay of Bengal

d)

Arabian Sea

10.

Zheng He's voyages included stops at Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Mecca and as far away as Kenya. #5 = which of these?

a)

Mecca

b)

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

c)

Kenya

11.

Zheng He's voyages included stops at Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Mecca and as far away as Kenya. 11 = which of these?

a)

Mecca

b)

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

c)

Kenya

12.

Zheng He's voyages included stops at Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Mecca and as far away as Kenya. #7 = which of these?

a)

Mecca

b)

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

c)

Kenya

13.

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?

a)

Portugal

b)

Cape Verde Islands

c)

Sierra Leone

14.

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?

a)

Portugal

b)

Cape Verde Islands

c)

Sierra Leone

15.

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?

a)

Portugal

b)

Cape Verde Islands

c)

Sierra Leone

16.

What happened in the 1440s that increased the profitability of Portuguese expeditions?

a)

The Portuguese discovered gold along the Gold Coast

b)

The Portuguese discovered ivory along the Ivory Coast

c)

The Portuguese expeditions began trading in enslaved people from Africa

d)

The Portuguese expeditions began pirating along the coast of Africa

17.

Which of the following were true of Henry's motivations? (select all that apply)

a)

to save slaves' souls by converting them to Christianity

b)

to make an alliance with a (mythical) Christian king in sub-Saharan Africa named Prestor John

c)

to acquire wealth and extend the reach of his royal family

d)

to find a route to Antarctica

18.

Which of the following were reasons that Emperor Yongle sponsored Zheng He's voyages? (select all that apply)

a)

to find a rumored island of gold

b)

to set up diplomatic and economic exchanges with foreign nations

c)

to demonstrate power after winning a civil war

d)

to impress foreigners with China as the source of all wisdom and political power

19.

Which of these were reasons that Yongle ended the expensive voyages? (select all that apply)

a)

distrust between Confucian ministers and the eunuchs who supported the ships

b)

Zheng Ha's work had clearly bolstered Ming prestige

c)

Confucian ministers advised him to shift resources to counter new military threats in the north (on land)

20.

What made the Caravel ships so useful to the Portugues? (select all that apply)

a)

2-3 masts with interchangeable sails

b)

square sails for open water/lateen sails for shoreline sailing

c)

rounded bottom made them the fastest ships at that time

d)

square hulls for storing lots of goods, like Chinese junks

21.

Who invented the Caravel?

a)

Zheng He

b)

Henry the Navigator

c)

Emperor Akbar

d)

Emperor Aurangzeb

22.

Which of these illustrates Emperor Akbar's tolerance toward non-Muslims? (select all that apply)

a)

married several Hindu princesses and did not force them to convert to Islam

b)

removed the jizya (special tax) on non-Muslims

c)

built House of Worship where intellectual discussions occurred among different religions

d)

incorporated Hindus into the political-military elite

e)

he encourage Muslim women to marry Hindu men

23.

Which of these illustrates Emperor Aurangzeb's rigid, intolerant form of Islam? (Select all that apply.)

a)

he reimposed the jizya

b)

some Hindu temples were destroyed

c)

dancing girls were ordered to get married or leave the empire

d)

he forced Hindus to practice sati (widows burning themselves to death after the their husbands die)

24.

Akbar & Aurangzeb were emperors of which land-based empire?

a)

Ottoman

b)

Safavid

c)

Mughal

d)

Russia

e)

Ming dynasty