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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 was not referred to in this plan?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Burma.
(c) South Korea.
(d) U.S.

2. By this time it is believed that China had survived for ____ years.
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 4,000.

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

4. 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.
(a) Inner warriors.
(b) Strength.
(c) Gentleness.
(d) Cultural confidence.

5. The Prince quote an ancient Chinese saying: "Resort to peace and _____ when temporarily obliged to do so; use war and defense as your actual policy."
(a) Kindness.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) Friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the early years China often exchanged good with which country?

2. By 1860, the Russians had been in Beijing for ____ years.

3. One of the great wars in China revolved around which drug?

4. The Chinese learned to play the ____ off one another.

5. Which rebellion began in the 1850s?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kissinger explain the Nian Rebellion?

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

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

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

6. What were the The Qiying-Pottinger negotiations? What did the negotiations change between China and the West?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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