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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) 109.
(b) 221.
(c) 492.
(d) 304.

2. In which year did China's leader summon his top military personnel to Beijing?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Which American political scientist is mentioned?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Pye.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Frank.

9. Which is not one of the countries mentioned as a location in China's periphery?
(a) Korea.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Burma.
(d) Hong Kong.

10. The Chinese fired upon the contingency from which location?
(a) Great Wall.
(b) Beijing's parliament house.
(c) Emperor's palace.
(d) Dagu Forts.

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

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

13. In which direction did the nomadic groups tend to stay?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the early years China often exchanged good with which country?

4. Which country joined Britain at this point?

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

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