9 Which of the following is a member state to all of the following three multilateral institutions: AUKUS, QUAD, and Five Eyes?
(A) India.
(B) Japan.
(C) Canada.
(D) Australia.

10 In 2023, the Japanese government proposed a new plan to promote the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”(FOIP) vision. Which of the following items is NOT included among its main components? (A) Establishing an Indo-Pacific environment that safeguards peace, upholds the principles of freedom, transparency, and the rule of law, and ensures that the weak will not yield to coercion by force. (B) Expanding international cooperation to enhance the resilience and sustainability of Indo-Pacific countries in addressing challenges such as climate change, public health, disaster prevention and response, and cybersecurity. (C) Creating a military coordination mechanism to safeguard collective security in the Indo-Pacific region and enhance the inter-operability of military systems of individual countries. (D) Extending the scope of security from the maritime domain to include the airspace, ensuring the safety and stability of the entire Indo-Pacific public domain.

11 After the end of the Crimean War in 1856, the great powers called upon the Paris Peace Conference.Which of the following statement is incorrect? (A) Free navigation of the Danube River. (B) Neutralization of the Black Sea; Warships shall not freely pass through the Two Straits. (C) Turkey was admitted to the European community. (D) The goods from neutralized countries carried on enemy’s ships may be captured and confiscated.

12 In September 1899, the U.S. Secretary of State John Hay instructed American ambassadors to United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and Russia, to seek host country’s endorsement of the “Open Door Policy of China.” Which country showed its indifference toward John Hay’s proposal? (A) Russia. (B) The United Kingdom. (C) Japan. (D) Germany.

13 Which of the following statement about the Opium War is correct?(A) The British government attached great importance to business issues; thus, as early as the Qianglong period of the Qing Dynasty, Amherst was dispatched to negotiate with the Chinese government. (B) Due to the prevalence of liberal trade theories, during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the British government abolished the East India Company’s trade privileges with China, and began to allow British businessmen to trade with China. (C) Lin Zexu banned smoking in Guangzhou at a time when the British Liberal Party was in power and Prime Minister Palmerston decided to send troops to China. (D) The consequence of the Opium War was the signing of the Sino-British treaty of Beijing in 1842.

14 Which of the following statement is true about the Sino-French Vietnam War in the late Qing Dynasty?(A) During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the French colonists actually controlled south- central Vietnam. (B) The ministers of the Qing Dynasty were divided into two factions: peace and war. Li Hongzhang actively advocated war. (C) In 1884, the French fleet shelled Keelung and blocked Taiwan. At that time, Shen Baozhen was in charge of Taiwan’s military affairs. (D) In 1885, Liu Yongfu’s troops, the Black Flag Army, won consecutive victories at Zhennangquan in Guangxi and Lang Mountain in northern Vietnam.

15 Which of the following statement regarding the Boxer Rebellion and the Eight-Power Allied Forces is true?(A) The Boxers originated from the White Lotus Sect and was first popular in Henan. (B) The activities initiated by the Boxers caused protests from the Germans, so the Qing court sent Yuan Shikai to the south to suppress these activities. (C)After the Eight-Power Allied Forces dispatched troops, they jointly elected the Russian general Alfred von Waldersee as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. (D) After the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupied Beijing, the governors of the southeastern provinces advocated a self-protection movement led by Zeng Guofan.

16 China was defeated in the First Opium War, as a consequence, China and the United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Nanjing in August 1842. Which of the following ports was NOT included in their agreement regarding the “Five Ports Trading”? (A) Wenzhou. (B) Guangzhou. (C) Xiamen. (D) Ningbo.

17 Historians regarded the term “Napoleon War” as Bonaparte Napoleon led the First Empire of France in fighting against the anti-Napoleon coalition. How did Napoleon call his strategic framework against the United Kingdom? (A) European Continent System. (B) Paris System. (C) Continental System. (D) North Sea System.

18 What was the cause that led to the breakout of Japan-Russo War in 1904?(A) Ownership of the Dongqing Railway. (B) Struggle over lease rights of Dalian and Lushun. (C) Protection of overseas Japanese in Manchuria. (D) Competition over the sphere of influence on Korea.

19 Japan and Russia, put aside their hatred caused by the 1904 Japan-Russo war, signed two secret treaties in July 1907 and June 1910. Which of the following consequences was NOT included? (A) The partition of sphere of influence on Manchuria between Japan and Russia. (B) Reached a consensus on U.S. “Open Door Policy of China.” (C) Russia began to instigate the independence of Outer Mongolia. (D) Japan’s annexation of Korea.

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