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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue; Preface; Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which year did China's leader summon his top military personnel to Beijing?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

2. Kissinger compares the unification to which European treaty in 1648?
(a) Treaty of Kensington.
(b) Treaty of Berlin.
(c) Treaty of Paris.
(d) Treaty of Westphalia.

3. Thirty years later, French political economist _____ expanded on Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's work.
(a) Belenguer.
(b) Monique.
(c) Pierre.
(d) Quesnay.

4. Which method is used to translate Chinese close to the Roman alphabet?
(a) Anglo-Roman.
(b) Confucian.
(c) Pinyin.
(d) Wade-Giles.

5. One of the great wars in China revolved around which drug?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Opium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American political scientist is mentioned?

2. Which is not one of the nomadic groups mentioned?

3. What is Kissinger's first name?

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

5. In what year B.C. did the Chinese unification take place?

(see the answer key)

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