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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ministry's new name translated into:
(a) Office for the General Supervision of Ambassadorships.
(b) Office for the International Trade.
(c) Office for the General Management of Diplomacy.
(d) Office for the General Management of the Affairs of All Nations.

2. Which country initiated the treaty?
(a) Thailand.
(b) United States.
(c) Burma.
(d) Britain.

3. What word is best used to describe Li Hongzhang?
(a) Timid.
(b) Worldly.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Ambitious.

4. Who was considered to be China's principal threat at this time?
(a) Russia.
(b) Britain.
(c) Japan.
(d) France.

5. In what year was the treaty signed?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was president of the United States at that time?

2. The Chinese referred to the British as ____.

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

4. Which Russian premier made the visit?

5. Mao once claimed that the population of China declined from 50 million to ____ million.

(see the answer key)

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