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

2. What is the ruling philosophy of China?
(a) Imperial rule.
(b) Know thyself.
(c) Honor before self.
(d) Mandate of Heaven.

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

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

5. Which country joined Britain at this point?
(a) U.S.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Traditionally, China did not on technology or military power but relied upon two of its most deeply traditional resources: the analytical abilities of its diplomats, and the endurance and ____________ of its people.

2. Which is not one of the nomadic groups mentioned?

3. Which American political scientist is mentioned?

4. The first major attempt to right things with China was led by Britain's Lord George ______.

5. The ministry's new name translated into:

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Kissinger, the tale of the Yellow Emperor is the beginning of China as an entity. However, in Chinese legend, although no other history exists, the Yellow Emperor appears to have arrived to save China. What is the legend?

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

8. What did China do to compete with Japan and Russia? When did the Chinese realize that they were not all powerful?

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

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

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