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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many mechanisms offset growing poverty?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

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

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

4. How much land did the Catholic Church own in Denmark in 1536?
(a) 50%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 60%.

5. When was an examination system put back in place in China?
(a) 605.
(b) 125.
(c) 635.
(d) 458.

6. When did the major powers face growing demands for military expenditures?
(a) 13th century on.
(b) 14th century on.
(c) 12th century on.
(d) 15th century on.

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

8. When did Peter the Great die?
(a) 1725.
(b) 1752.
(c) 1749.
(d) 1766.

9. How many serfs did Count N. P. Sheremetov own?
(a) 18,610.
(b) 185,610.
(c) 175,610.
(d) 185,100.

10. When did the Republic of China move to Taiwan according to Chapter 20?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1958.
(c) 152.
(d) 1949.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the old Teotihuacán city located?

2. When did Philip II issue the law that stated "no impositions, contributions, or other taxes are to be imposed on the whole Kingdom without the Cortes being summoned and without their being granted by the procuradores"?

3. 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?

4. When did the Seigneurial courts lose their power in England?

5. When did King Bela III die?

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