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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Count _____ Ignatieff served as the Czar's brilliant and devious young plenipotentiary.
(a) Igor.
(b) Nikolai.
(c) Boris.
(d) Petrov.

2. The Manchu Heartland is located in ____ China.
(a) Southeast.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Northeast.

3. China saw itself as being in the center of the world and often referred to itself as the _____.
(a) Middle Kingdom.
(b) Heart.
(c) Nucleus.
(d) World's Blood.

4. The treaty allowed a permanent ____ to be established in Beijing.
(a) U.S. presence.
(b) Leader.
(c) Embassy.
(d) Military base.

5. By this time it is believed that China had survived for ____ years.
(a) 2,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 5,000.

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

7. What was the name of the Emperor's half-brother?
(a) Prince Gong.
(b) Prince Yuan.
(c) Prince Mei.
(d) Prince Qi.

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

9. Which country attempted to invade China from the north and west to claim dominance over the country's high lands?
(a) India.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Britain.
(d) Russia.

10. Before the _____ War, China saw diplomacy and international trade as a way to express its preeminence.
(a) Second World.
(b) First World.
(c) Westphalia.
(d) Opium.

11. The Chinese referred to the British as ____.
(a) Ruthless.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Nomads.
(d) Barbarians.

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

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

14. The first major attempt to right things with China was led by Britain's Lord George ______.
(a) Montbattan.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Jessup.
(d) Macartney.

15. What was the time period of the Song Dynasty?
(a) 960-1279.
(b) 910-1341.
(c) 840-1162.
(d) 780-1022.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is not one of the countries mentioned as a location in China's periphery?

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

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

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

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