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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Caliph al-Mahdi rise to power?
(a) 742.
(b) 845.
(c) 775.
(d) 756.

2. What played an important functional role in facilitating large-scale collective action?
(a) Military power.
(b) Religion.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Economic.

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

4. How many of the Meiji Emperor's 15 children reached adulthood?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

5. When did Rajiv Gandhi decentralized power in India?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1986.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the agnatic descent groups described by Fustel de Coulanges known as in Rome?

2. How long did the Tang Dynasty last?

3. Who said "I conceive that land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living and countless members are still unborn"?

4. When did the Mauryas empire rule India?

5. What metal made the infantry more useful?

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