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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ruling philosophy of China?

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

3. What word is best used to describe China's cultural and political situation?

4. What was the time period of the Song Dynasty?

5. Kissinger compares the unification to which European treaty in 1648?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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. How does Kissinger explain the Nian Rebellion?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The United Nations was formed to work as an intermediary between countries and to create a body through which these countries could communicate and, hopefully, cooperate on global issues. Write an essay on the United Nations, its role in Sino and United States negotiations and how it has changed since its inception.

Essay Topic 2

China and the United States were trying to work closely with the Soviet Union during the downfall of Communism. Did the U.S. and China know that Communism was about the fall? Did they know that the Soviet Union would soon cease to exist? How would they be able to work with the new Russia? How did it affect foreign policy and globalization?

Essay Topic 3

Write an opinion on the future of the United States economy and how it is/will be affected by China. How has the United States relied on China in recent years during times of economic downturn? How might China help the United States during periods of economic recovery? What might China want in return? Explain.

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