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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Empress Xu murdered?
(a) 56 B.C.
(b) 71 B.C.
(c) 69 B.C.
(d) 80 B.C.

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

3. At what age were young boys or men starting their training for public service under Emperor Wu?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

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

5. When did Emperor Wu rule?
(a) 131 to 87 B.C.
(b) 141 to 77 B.C.
(c) 141 to 87 B.C.
(d) 161 to 67 B.C.

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

7. When did the Sui Dynasty disappear?
(a) 721.
(b) 594.
(c) 526.
(d) 617.

8. What is a Tit-for-tat's varient?
(a) The black rule.
(b) The rule of law.
(c) The golden rule.
(d) The rule of three.

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

10. What did the Greeks and Romans poor on the tomb of a dead man?
(a) Honey.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Mud.

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

12. Who was the first civilization to invent the modern state?
(a) India.
(b) Japan.
(c) Iraq.
(d) China.

13. What would never have occurred to a western slave owner to do in contrast to Eastern slave owners?
(a) Nominated a slave to a high government officials.
(b) Killed a slave.
(c) Freed a slave.
(d) Married a slave.

14. When were Qin Shi Huangdi and Ashoka building their empire?
(a) 5rd century B.C.
(b) 2rd century B.C.
(c) 4rd century B.C.
(d) 3rd century B.C.

15. How long did the Tang Dynasty last?
(a) Almost 300 years.
(b) Almost 500 years.
(c) Almost 200 years.
(d) Almost 400 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was S. E. Finer's occupation?

2. Who helped the Emperor stage a coup against Empress Liang's house according to Chapter 9?

3. What is a particularly well-developed and pure example of segmentary lineage organization?

4. What population density allowed agriculture?

5. How may countries were considered free by the Freedom House in 1973, according to Chapter 1?

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