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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the highly sophisticated compilation of Roman law produced in Constantinople under at the beginning of the sixth century named?
(a) The Imperial Code.
(b) The Justinian Code.
(c) The Roman Code.
(d) The Contantinople Code.

2. What country has become what some political scientists label an "electoral authoritarian" regime according to Chapter 26?
(a) Liberia.
(b) Japan.
(c) The Russian Federation.
(d) Britain.

3. When did the Russian aristocrats have their service obligation abolished?
(a) 1723
(b) 1798.
(c) 1756
(d) 1762.

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

5. When was "Political Order in Changing Societies" published according to Chapter 30?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1958.

6. When did Napoleon win at Jena-Auerstadt?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1824.
(d) 1806.

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

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

9. What is kanunname derived from?
(a) French law.
(b) Roman law.
(c) Papal law.
(d) Canon law

10. What led Emperor Chengu to cancel long distance voyages?
(a) Fear of god.
(b) Self satisfaction.
(c) High expensive.
(d) Lack of political gain.

11. Who was forced to abdicate after the Glorious Revolution?
(a) James II.
(b) Richard II.
(c) George II.
(d) Mark II.

12. When did Cortes begin his conquest of Mexico?
(a) 1524.
(b) 1567.
(c) 1589.
(d) 1519.

13. Why do people in favelas not invest in their homes?
(a) The police always destroy improvements.
(b) They do not own them.
(c) The drug lords won't allow it.
(d) They cannot take loans.

14. When did Louis XIV die?
(a) 1715.
(b) 1705.
(c) 1725.
(d) 1735.

15. When was the Peace of Westphalia signed?
(a) 1658.
(b) 1653.
(c) 1648.
(d) 1425.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did King Bela III die?

2. When did Commodore Matthew Perry show up with his "black ships" in Tokyo Bay?

3. When was the Table of Ranks put in place in Russia?

4. 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?

5. How long did the Russian occupation by the Mongols last?

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