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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chinese learned to play the ____ off one another.
(a) Opposition.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Infiltrators.
(d) Barbarians.

2. In what year was the Treaty of Tianjin signed?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1858.
(d) 1848.

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

4. In which year was a letter dispatched from China to the US?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1863.

5. China often referred to itself as the "Most ____ Nation."
(a) Favored.
(b) Revered.
(c) Competent.
(d) Feared.

Short Answer Questions

1. China saw itself as being in the center of the world and often referred to itself as the _____.

2. China has produced a greater share of total world GDP than any Western civilization in ____ of the last 20 centuries.

3. Before the _____ War, China saw diplomacy and international trade as a way to express its preeminence.

4. In what year did Zheng He's expeditions stop abruptly?

5. In which year did China's leader summon his top military personnel to Beijing?

(see the answer key)

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