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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. How much was the per capita spending on all government services, from armies and roads to schools and police on the street in Afghanistan in 2008?

2. When did the Kwangju massacre take place?

3. What was the Ancien régime France an early prototype of?

4. How long did Charles I's personal rule last?

5. What was the per capita income range necessary to achieve the "upper middle income" status of the World Bank in the mid 20th century according to Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was British Common Law?

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

6. How does Fukuyama define accountability in Chapter 22?

7. What did the Church become in Europe?

8. What is political decay part of?

9. What eventually happened to the central authority of the state in Hungary?

10. Who had no strong concept of a rule of law according to Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the thought of modern property rights and the tragedy of commons, and compare such views to that of Fukuyama.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the Ottoman empire, including how it spread and why they were defeated.

Essay Topic 3

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

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