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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ____ Emperor is considered to be the founder of China.
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Yellow.

2. China has produced a greater share of total world GDP than any Western civilization in ____ of the last 20 centuries.
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

3. What does "tian xia" mean?
(a) Only one Emperor.
(b) United we stand.
(c) Together in faith.
(d) All under Heaven.

4. When was the Han Dynasty?
(a) A.D. 45-260.
(b) A.D. 25-220.
(c) A.D. 33-301.
(d) A.D. 12-419.

5. Mao once claimed that the population of China declined from 50 million to ____ million.
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

6. Who was president of the United States at that time?
(a) Taylor.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) McKinley.
(d) Taft.

7. This strategy was put into place by which of the following?
(a) Wei Yuan.
(b) Chiang Kai-Shek.
(c) Lin Sen.
(d) Mao Zedong.

8. Which major Chinese city was first visited by Kissinger?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Wuhan.
(c) Hong Kong,
(d) Beijing.

9. In the early years China often exchanged good with which country?
(a) Japan.
(b) India.
(c) Britain.
(d) Turkey.

10. China is referred to as being a ____ society.
(a) Matriarchal.
(b) Patriarchal.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Libertarian.

11. What other country was a part of the Sinocentric world?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Japan.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Korea.

12. In 1820, China produced ____ of the world GDP.
(a) 30%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 25%.

13. A tribute system was developed in the _____ Islands.
(a) Korean.
(b) Kyoto.
(c) Canary.
(d) Ryukyu.

14. How long had the conflict been going on?
(a) 60 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 70 years.
(d) 40 years.

15. Forces from which country were in place in which location at this time?
(a) Thailand.
(b) North Vietnam.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Hong Kong.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chinese learned to play the ____ off one another.

2. By this time it is believed that China had survived for ____ years.

3. By 1860, the Russians had been in Beijing for ____ years.

4. What word is best used to describe China's cultural and political situation?

5. The Count managed to open Urga, which is located in which region?

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