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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. What word is best used to describe China's cultural and political situation?
(a) Sophisticated.
(b) Isolated.
(c) Peculiar.
(d) Elite.

2. During which period did the decline take place?
(a) Ming Dynasty.
(b) Three Kingdoms.
(c) Chang Dynasty.
(d) Imperial War.

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

4. The high point of the _____ Dynasty was also the turning point for China.
(a) Song.
(b) Qing.
(c) Han.
(d) Mao.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thirty years later, French political economist _____ expanded on Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's work.

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

3. What was the time period of the Song Dynasty?

4. Which method is used to translate Chinese close to the Roman alphabet?

5. Kissinger compares the unification to which European treaty in 1648?

(see the answer key)

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