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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. Which country initiated the treaty?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Britain.
(c) United States.
(d) Burma.

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

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

4. A tribute system was developed in the _____ Islands.
(a) Kyoto.
(b) Ryukyu.
(c) Canary.
(d) Korean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. China often referred to itself as the "Most ____ Nation."

2. How long had the conflict been going on?

3. The treaty allowed a permanent ____ to be established in Beijing.

4. The Chinese fired upon the contingency from which location?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Prince Gong's plan? Who emulated Prince Gong's work?

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

5. How does Kissinger address the history of the Chinese-Indian borders?

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

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

8. How does the existence and myth of the Yellow Emperor relate to the history of Confucius?

9. How does Kissinger explain the Nian Rebellion?

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

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