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

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

3. The Chinese managed to pit which two countries against each other in Manchuria?
(a) Korea and Russia.
(b) France and Japan.
(c) Russia and Japan.
(d) China and India.

4. What was the name of the new ministry?
(a) Yamen Li Weishe Shiwu .
(b) Shiwu Zongli Geguo Yamen.
(c) Zongli Geguo Shiwu Yamen.
(d) Yuhan Wei Yamen Shiwu .

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the Emperor's half-brother?

3. How long had the conflict been going on?

4. In 1859, Frederick ____ arrived in Beijing.

5. The ministry's new name translated into:

Short Essay Questions

1. Examine the first appearance of Chinese characters as they came into being.

2. Discuss China's long experience with naval expeditions and exploits.

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

4. At its peak, what was the size and scope of the Chinese empire?

5. How did China perceive Europe? What was Britain's goal?

6. The Chinese are very involved in strategy. Examine the Chinese use of strategy and the types of games in which it is employed.

7. The culmination of Chinese warring was two and a half centuries of turmoil. To what does Kissinger compare this era?

8. What was Kissinger's opening explanation of his time in China?

9. How does Kissinger explain the Nian Rebellion?

10. What was the Nian Rebellion? When did it occur? Who took over the government?

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