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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV, Chapter 24-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How large was the Chinese Empire in 1 A.D.?
(a) Comparable to the Roman Empire.
(b) Comparable to 1945 Russia.
(c) Comparable to medieval Japan.
(d) Comaprable to modern day Germany.

2. What was the population of China at the start of the Ming Dynasty?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 260 million.
(c) 60 million.
(d) 160 million.

3. Who are not formally accountable to their people except through a parliament with very limited powers, but have been careful to attend to the demands of the various groups that make up the country?
(a) Syrian leaders.
(b) Jordan Kings.
(c) Lybian leaders.
(d) Iran leaders.

4. When was a proposal put forward to limit estates to three thousand mou in China?
(a) 5 B.C.
(b) 12 B.C.
(c) 7 B.C.
(d) 9 B.C.

5. Who formulated an ideology of state building that explicitly laid out the logic of the new centralized state?
(a) Xiao.
(b) Tang.
(c) Chu.
(d) Qin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Mauryas empire rule India?

2. What was the highly sophisticated compilation of Roman law produced in Constantinople under at the beginning of the sixth century named?

3. When was an examination system put back in place in China?

4. How many problems inherent to the design of Mamluk political institutions helped weaken said institutions over time?

5. What was the German state that emerged in Brandenburg-Prussia in the eighteenth century based on?

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