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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave the definition of institutions as "stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior"?
(a) Francis Fukuyama.
(b) Samuel Huntington.
(c) Koenraad W. Swart.
(d) Ray Huang.

2. What are the Shastras according to Chapter 19?
(a) The law for the men.
(b) God's spoken words.
(c) The first law.
(d) The bad law.

3. How much was the per capita spending on all government services, from armies and roads to schools and police on the street in Afghanistan in 2008?
(a) $20.
(b) $50.
(c) $19.
(d) $150.

4. What problem did the Chinese not solve?
(a) The incompetent emperor problem.
(b) The bad emperor problem.
(c) The good emperor problem.
(d) The evil emperor problem.

5. What was the Ancien régime France an early prototype of?
(a) Filial societies.
(b) Rent-seeking societies.
(c) Merit societies.
(d) Wealth societies.

6. Who are not formally accountable to their people except through a parliament with very limited powers, but have been careful to attend to the demands of the various groups that make up the country?
(a) Iran leaders.
(b) Jordan Kings.
(c) Lybian leaders.
(d) Syrian leaders.

7. When was the Table of Ranks put in place in Russia?
(a) 1756.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1722.
(d) 1743

8. When did the Iranian Islamist revolution take place?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1978.

9. What was the population of China at the start of the Ming Dynasty?
(a) 260 million.
(b) 60 million.
(c) 160 million.
(d) 50 million.

10. When did the Battle of Lepanto take place?
(a) 1571.
(b) 1524.
(c) 1589.
(d) 1526.

11. How long did Charles I's personal rule last?
(a) 21 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 17 years.

12. What emerged as a a result of lineages need to place to bury their ancestors and appease the souls of the dead according to Chapter 29?
(a) Public land.
(b) Private property.
(c) Cemetaries.
(d) Serfs.

13. When did the Catholic Church declare its independence from secular authorities?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 13th century.
(c) 12th century.
(d) 11th century.

14. When was "The Wealth of Nations" written in relation to Marx?
(a) 65 years before.
(b) 55 years before.
(c) 75 years before.
(d) 45 years before.

15. When did the Romanov of Russia gain power according to Chapter 21?
(a) 1678.
(b) 1659.
(c) 1613.
(d) 1636.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land did the Catholic Church own in Denmark in 1536?

2. What country has become what some political scientists label an "electoral authoritarian" regime according to Chapter 26?

3. When did Mátyás Hunyadi die?

4. How many taels of silver were left in the Chinese treasury in the early 17th century China?

5. When did the Mongols enter Hungary?

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