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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year B.C. did the Chinese unification take place?
(a) 492.
(b) 221.
(c) 109.
(d) 304.

2. Mao once claimed that the population of China declined from 50 million to ____ million.
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

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

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

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

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

7. In what year did the French Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde write about China?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1736.
(d) 1804.

8. How many times has Kissinger visited China?
(a) 40.
(b) 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

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

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

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

12. Who was president of the United States at that time?
(a) Taylor.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) McKinley.
(d) Taft.

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

14. This strategy was put into place by which of the following?
(a) Lin Sen.
(b) Wei Yuan.
(c) Chiang Kai-Shek.
(d) Mao Zedong.

15. In the early years China often exchanged good with which country?
(a) Britain.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Japan.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. Count _____ Ignatieff served as the Czar's brilliant and devious young plenipotentiary.

2. A new gap in authority began to appear after the occurrence of the Qiying-_______ negotiations.

3. Before the _____ War, China saw diplomacy and international trade as a way to express its preeminence.

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

5. In what year was the Treaty of Tianjin signed?

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