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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who appointed Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq at the court of Suleiman the Magnificent?
(a) Charles III.
(b) Charles IV.
(c) Charles V.
(d) Charles VI.

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"?
(a) A New Guinean chief.
(b) A Somalian chief.
(c) An Ivory Coast chief.
(d) A Nigerian chief.

4. What was S. E. Finer's occupation?
(a) Sociologist.
(b) Economist.
(c) Anthropologist.
(d) Historian.

5. When was "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" published according to chapter 3?
(a) 1754.
(b) 1755.
(c) 1765.
(d) 1756.

6. When did the Qin Dynasty start ruling over the whole of China?
(a) 221 B.C.
(b) 321 B.C.
(c) 250 B.C.
(d) 230 B.C.

7. When did Chosroes I rule?
(a) 541-589.
(b) 541-579.
(c) 531-579.
(d) 531-589.

8. What society is still a hunter-gatherer society?
(a) Eskimos
(b) Pre-Independence America.
(c) Medieval France.
(d) The Roman Empire.

9. How many staff did the director of prayer have in the Han Dynasty?
(a) 35.
(b) 15.
(c) 36.
(d) 498.

10. How many enemy soldiers did the state of Qin kill during the period from 356 to 236 B.C?
(a) 2.5 million.
(b) 1.5 million.
(c) 0.5 million.
(d) 5 million.

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

12. When was Machiavelli's "The Prince" written according to Chapter 15?
(a) 1523.
(b) 1513.
(c) 1498.
(d) 1652.

13. How many countries of the third wave of democratization reverted to authoritarianism or saw a significant erosion of democratic institutions?
(a) 1 in 10.
(b) 2 in 7.
(c) 1 in 5.
(d) 1 in 3.

14. When did the Orange Revolution happen?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2004.

15. When did the Gauls choose to elect a common authority for the whole confederation?
(a) When Caesar rose to power.
(b) When the Huns were about to invade.
(c) When Vercingetorix conquered Gaul.
(d) When war broke out with Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many commanderies were created by the Win?

2. Where was the Chimpanzee Puist kept?

3. When did Rajiv Gandhi decentralized power in India?

4. When was the Byzantine army defeated at Baphaeon?

5. Who collectivized land in 1978?

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