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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. China saw itself as being in the center of the world and often referred to itself as the _____.
(a) Nucleus.
(b) Middle Kingdom.
(c) Heart.
(d) World's Blood.

5. Which is not one of the nomadic groups mentioned?
(a) Tibetans.
(b) Mongols.
(c) Turks.
(d) Uighurs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the French Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde write about China?

2. When was the Han Dynasty?

3. What was the name of the new ministry?

4. In 1859, Frederick ____ arrived in Beijing.

5. What word is best used to describe Li Hongzhang?

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