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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. China has produced a greater share of total world GDP than any Western civilization in ____ of the last 20 centuries.
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

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

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

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

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

6. The Count managed to open Urga, which is located in which region?
(a) Mongolia.
(b) Burma.
(c) Hong-Kong.
(d) North Vietnam.

7. It was stated that Nian and ____ were places that constituted organic disease.
(a) Beijing.
(b) Taiping.
(c) Li.
(d) Zongli.

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

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

10. By 1860, the Russians had been in Beijing for ____ years.
(a) 150.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

11. Which method was adopted officially in the People's Republic of China in 1979 ?
(a) Confucian.
(b) Anglo-Roman.
(c) Pinyin.
(d) Wade-Giles.

12. What does "tian xia" mean?
(a) Together in faith.
(b) Only one Emperor.
(c) United we stand.
(d) All under Heaven.

13. A new gap in authority began to appear after the occurrence of the Qiying-_______ negotiations.
(a) Pottinger.
(b) Macartney.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Wilshire.

14. In what year did Zheng He's expeditions stop abruptly?
(a) 1381.
(b) 1529.
(c) 1433.
(d) 1473.

15. Which rebellion began in the 1850s?
(a) Nian.
(b) Pinyin.
(c) Qong.
(d) Zedong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the new ministry?

2. China underwent a "century of _____" before giving into national communism.

3. Which country was not referred to in this plan?

4. The Chinese fired upon the contingency from which location?

5. Which American political scientist is mentioned?

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