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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What age didn't Qin pass though concerning army management?
(a) Conscription Age.
(b) Volunteer Age.
(c) Golden Age.
(d) Mercenary Age.

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

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

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

5. When did Sir Edward Coke die?
(a) 1659.
(b) 1634.
(c) 1653
(d) 1532.

6. What was the German state that emerged in Brandenburg-Prussia in the eighteenth century based on?
(a) Connection based bureaucracy.
(b) Merit based bureaucracy.
(c) Wealth based bureaucracy.
(d) Filial based bureaucracy.

7. When was the Duma reinstated after Peter the Great?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1992.

8. What was the nickname of Empress Wu?
(a) Good Empress Wu.
(b) Beautiful Empress Wu.
(c) Evil CWu.
(d) Crazy Empress Wu.

9. When did Mátyás Hunyadi die?
(a) 1490.
(b) 1498.
(c) 1569.
(d) 1423.

10. 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"?
(a) 1563.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1456.
(d) 1567.

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

12. What was the per capita income range necessary to achieve the "upper middle income" status of the World Bank in the mid 20th century according to Chapter 24?
(a) $400 to $1,200.
(b) $40,000 to $125,000.
(c) $4,000 to $12,000.
(d) $6,000 to $12,000.

13. What Empire did not allow aristocracy to emerge?
(a) The Mongol Empire.
(b) The French Empire.
(c) The Ottoman Empire.
(d) The Chinese EMpire.

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

15. How much land did the French peasants own at the eve of the Revolution?
(a) 10%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 50%.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the European population increase between 1500 and 1600?

2. How often were the lords and his commoner vassals called together to judge cases in feudal France?

3. What was the highly sophisticated compilation of Roman law produced in Constantinople under at the beginning of the sixth century named?

4. When did King Bela III die?

5. 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?

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