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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which method is used to translate Chinese close to the Roman alphabet?
(a) Wade-Giles.
(b) Pinyin.
(c) Confucian.
(d) Anglo-Roman.

3. A new gap in authority began to appear after the occurrence of the Qiying-_______ negotiations.
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Wilshire.
(c) Pottinger.
(d) Macartney.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. In what year did Zheng He's expeditions stop abruptly?

(see the answer key)

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