International Relations in East Asia
Professor Harry Papasotiriou

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Questions:  
1.	To be appointed as an official in traditional Confucian China, one had to:
Α. be an aristocrat
Β. pass official exams on Confucianism
C. be a warrior.

2. The Forbidden City included:
Α. the central government and the palace
Β. the holiest religious sites
C. the graves of the emperors
D. prisons for traitors.

3. Chinese concepts on East Asia’s traditional international system were based on the notion of:
Α. formal equality among states
Β. the balance of power 
C. China’s superiority over all other units

4. The greatest external threats to traditional China (pre-18th century) came from:
Α. the South
Β. the West
C. the East
D. the North

5. China in the 15th century withdrew from the oceans because
Α. its navigation technology was inferior to that of Europe
Β. it believed that it could learn nothing from other civilizations
C. Japan blocked its way

6. The Qing dynasty (1644-1912) emphasized Confucianism particularly strongly because:
Α. it was ethnically not Chinse but Manchu
Β. the previous Ming dynasty had abandoned Confucianism

7. Britain’s political objectives in the First Opium War included:
Α. increasing its trade with China
Β. conquering as much of China as possible
C. dissolving China into smaller states

8. The ideology of the Taiping rebellion in mid-19th century was related to:
Α. restoring Confucianism to its past purity
Β. Buddhism
C. Christianity
D. Taoism

9. China in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5:
Α. fought on the side of Japan
Β. fought on the side of Russia
C. mediated between them for the peace treaty
D. none of the above

10. The founder of the Guomidang who inspired the Revolution of 1911 that ended the imperial system was:
Α. Chiang Kaishek
Β. Sun Yatsen
C. Zhu Enlai 

11. Which party contributed more to the war against Japan from 1939 to 1945;
Α. Guomidang
Β. Chinese Communist Party

12. The Chinese losses (deaths) in the Second World War were of the order of:
Α. 150.000
Β. 1.5 million
C. 15 million

13. The Chinese deaths because of the Great Leap Forward were of the order of:
Α. 300.000
Β. 3 million
C. 30 million.

14. The Chinese Communist Party in its 1981 resolution on its history characterized the Cultural Revolution as:
Α. a revolutionary advance towards the attainment of true communism
Β. responsible for the most severe setback and the heaviest losses for the party, the state and the people since the founding of the People’s Republic
C. a major uplifting in the culture of the Chinese people
D. none of the above

15. Nixon’s visit to China in February 1972 resulted from the fact that China and the United States viewed the Soviet Union as more threatening than each other.
Α. True
Β. False

16. Which Chinese Communist leader said that it does not matter whether the cat is white or black, so long as it catches the mice?
Α. Mao Zedong
Β. Liu Saoqi
C. Deng Xiaoping
CD. Lin Biao

17. Which Soviet leader did Mao admire?
Α. Stalin
Β. Khruschev
C. Brezhnev

18. Under which leader did China’s rapid economic development begin?
Α. Deng Xiaoping
Β. Jiang Zemin
C. Hu Jintao

19. Which of Mao’s successors has been as dominant in Chinese politics as he was?
Α. Deng Xiaoping
Β. Jiang Zemin
C. Hu Jintao
D. Xi Jinping

20. China today has good relations with all its neighbours:
Α. True
Β. False