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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of taxes are collected in the U.S?
(a) More than 50%.
(b) More than 60%.
(c) More than 30%.
(d) More than 40%.

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

3. When was the The Romance of the Three Kingdoms written?
(a) Early Qi dynasty.
(b) Early Ming dynasty.
(c) Early Tang dynasty.
(d) Early Whu dynasty.

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

5. When did the Han Dynasty hold power?
(a) 206 B.C to 19 A.D.
(b) 206 B.C to 9 A.D.
(c) 206 B.C to 9 B.C.
(d) 226 B.C to 9 A.D.

6. Who killed the grand councilor Li Si?
(a) A eunuch.
(b) His personal guards.
(c) Empress Xu.
(d) The Emperor.

7. In China, what was the class somewhat below that of the nobility that included soldiers or other meritorious commoners?
(a) Chou.
(b) Zhu.
(c) Tang.
(d) Shi.

8. When did India and China start diverging significantly?
(a) 700 B.C.
(b) 800 B.C.
(c) 900 B.C.
(d) 600 B.C.

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

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

11. What is a particularly well-developed and pure example of segmentary lineage organization?
(a) The Mari.
(b) The Nuer.
(c) The Glo.
(d) The Grum.

12. How many problems inherent to the design of Mamluk political institutions helped weaken said institutions over time?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

13. What population density allowed agriculture?
(a) 40 to 60 people per square kilometer.
(b) 80 to 100 people per square kilometer.
(c) 60 to 80 people per square kilometer.
(d) 60 to 70 people per square kilometer.

14. How many countries had a electoral democracy in the late 1990's?
(a) 125.
(b) 75.
(c) 120.
(d) 165.

15. How much of human and Chimpanzee DNA overlap?
(a) 50%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 98%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What played an important functional role in facilitating large-scale collective action?

2. What was a motive for making war in tribal societies?

3. When were the collective farms disbanded in China?

4. Who was Seymour Martin?

5. 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"?

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