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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hayek say is not the result of top-down rational planning?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Social order.
(c) Tribalism.
(d) Democracy.

2. When did the Moorish bastion of Grenada fell?
(a) 1492.
(b) 1562
(c) 1512.
(d) 1326.

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

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

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

6. What king imposed the Magna Carta after a military defeat?
(a) King Mark.
(b) King George.
(c) King John.
(d) Kind Edward.

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

8. 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) 1456.
(c) 1598.
(d) 1567.

9. When did the Catholic church upheld the right of women to inherit property?
(a) 9th century.
(b) 7th century.
(c) 8th century.
(d) 11th century.

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

11. 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) $40,000 to $125,000.
(b) $4,000 to $12,000.
(c) $400 to $1,200.
(d) $6,000 to $12,000.

12. What is the second of three components of political development that together constitute modern politics?
(a) The rule of the land.
(b) The rule of law.
(c) The code of law.
(d) The law of the land.

13. What class was eliminated by the two world wars in Germany?
(a) The Grainer.
(b) The Grumber.
(c) The Junker.
(d) The Volk.

14. What was the impersonal bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty eroded by?
(a) Lack of applicants.
(b) High cost.
(c) Aristocratic families.
(d) Invasion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Concordat of Worms enacted ?

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

3. When did the Republic of China move to Taiwan according to Chapter 20?

4. What problem did the Chinese not solve?

5. What countries were examples of weak absolutism and failed accountability, according to Chapter 25?

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