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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. When did the French revolution take place?
(a) 1785.
(b) 1792.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1659.

2. When did Napoleon win at Jena-Auerstadt?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1865.

3. When did King Bela III die?
(a) 1240.
(b) 1196.
(c) 1203.
(d) 1159.

4. When was "Political Order in Changing Societies" published according to Chapter 30?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1962.

5. When did the Seigneurial courts lose their power in England?
(a) 1300.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1200.
(d) 1400.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land did the French peasants own at the eve of the Revolution?

2. How many mechanisms offset growing poverty?

3. What corresponds to what is now called positive law according to Chapter 17?

4. When did Cortes begin his conquest of Mexico?

5. How much did the European population increase between 1500 and 1600?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tips a state towards accountability according to Chapter 28?

2. What happened between the Christian church and political authorities in Europe according to Chapter 18?

3. What two countries are examples of states that failed to develop accountability in Chapter 25?

4. What did Pope Gregory VII do in 1073?

5. What does Fukuyama distinguish between when discussing the "rule of law" in Chapter 17?

6. What has China repeatedly returned to according to Chapter 20?

7. What is the first question that Fukuyama asks about political development in Chapter 30?

8. What happened in the final years of the French monarchy according to Chapter 23?

9. What did Russia not share with the Ottomans according to Chapter 26?

10. What was the Mandate of Heaven?

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