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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term designates a clan, community or group where people can only have a limited set of occupation?
(a) Katus.
(b) Yumas.
(c) Maros.
(d) Jatis.

2. What were the agnatic descent groups described by Fustel de Coulanges known as in Rome?
(a) Kalix.
(b) Humtes.
(c) Protus.
(d) Gentes.

3. When did Chandra Gupta I rise to power?
(a) 50 A.D.
(b) 340 A.D.
(c) 320 A.D.
(d) 330 A.D.

4. When did Ajatashatru die?
(a) 481 BC.
(b) 461 BC.
(c) 451 BC.
(d) 471 BC.

5. What metal made the infantry more useful?
(a) Zinc.
(b) Steel.
(c) Copper.
(d) Iron.

6. How long did the Qin dynasty survive Ying Zheng?
(a) 114 years.
(b) 14 years.
(c) 314 years.
(d) 214 years.

7. How long did it take to codify the ritual behavior within lineage?
(a) Two dynasties.
(b) Five dynasties.
(c) Three dynasties.
(d) One dynasty.

8. What weapons played a key role in the fall of Constantinople?
(a) Catapult.
(b) Chariots.
(c) Firearms.
(d) Long bows.

9. When did the Norman Conquest of England take place?
(a) 1056.
(b) 1066.
(c) 1253.
(d) 1201.

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

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

12. When did the predynastic Yangshao period run according to Chapter 6?
(a) 5000 to 3000 B.C.
(b) 7000 to 3000 B.C.
(c) 8000 to 2000 B.C.
(d) 6000 to 5000 B.C.

13. When were the collective farms disbanded in China?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1975.

14. When was Sultan Selim II deposed according to Chapter 13?
(a) 1827.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1837.

15. When did the Berlin Wall fall?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Steven Pinker's occupation?

2. When did the Orange Revolution happen?

3. Who appointed Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq at the court of Suleiman the Magnificent?

4. When did India and China start diverging significantly?

5. At what age were young boys or men starting their training for public service under Emperor Wu?

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