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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. When did Chandra Gupta I rise to power?

2. Who was Seymour Martin?

3. How many fiefdoms did the Zhou king setup?

4. When did the Gauls choose to elect a common authority for the whole confederation?

5. When were the collective farms disbanded in China?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fukayama identify as the three main institutions of modern democracy?

2. What does Fukayama outline in Chapter 1?

3. What were jatis and varnas according to Chapter 11?

4. What three main kingdoms developed according to Chapter 12?

5. What practice does Fukuyama examine in Chapter 13?

6. What did China do to support the military and warfare?

7. What brought distant common ancestors closer according to Fukuyama?

8. What was the Qin system and why did it collapse according to Chapter 8?

9. What concept was largely based on kinship?

10. How was Europe different?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the three main institutions of modern democracy, and discuss how it benefits a government to have all three.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the modern political state evolved from tribal groups based on Fukuyama's discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a political theorist discussed in Chapter 2 and refute or support their opinions.

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