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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was China's leader at the time?
(a) Ma Ying-Jeou.
(b) Mao Zedong.
(c) Chiang Kai-Shek.
(d) Lin Sen.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the great wars in China revolved around which drug?

2. The Prince quote an ancient Chinese saying: "Resort to peace and _____ when temporarily obliged to do so; use war and defense as your actual policy."

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

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

5. By 1860, the Russians had been in Beijing for ____ years.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Wei Yuan? When did he live? What was his major work? What did the work contain?

2. What was the Taiping Rebellion? When did it take place?

3. Abbé Régis-Evariste Huc made observations about China. What did Huc write?

4. Who would be put in charge of the new system that would replace Qing?

5. Why were the Chinese approached by the "red-haired barbarians" of Britain in regards to free trade?

6. What does Kissinger say about the beginning of the decline of China?

7. How and why does Kissinger compare Confucius to Machiavelli?

8. How did the Japanese culture compare and contrast to the Chinese culture?

9. What did China do to combat the threats from the Europeans?

10. What were the The Qiying-Pottinger negotiations? What did the negotiations change between China and the West?

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