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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the old Teotihuacán city located?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Equator.
(c) Honduras.
(d) Brazil.

2. When did Constantine convert to Christianity according to Chapter 18?
(a) 323
(b) 369.
(c) 254.
(d) 313.

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

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

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

6. How many taels of silver were left in the Chinese treasury in the early 17th century China?
(a) 170,000.
(b) 270,000.
(c) 70,000.
(d) 370,000.

7. When did the Supreme Court rule on the Lochner v. New York case?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1895.

8. What countries were examples of weak absolutism and failed accountability, according to Chapter 25?
(a) Germany and Italy.
(b) Italy and Spain.
(c) Britain and France.
(d) Spain and France.

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

10. What did Pollock and Maitland write about the king?
(a) That he was not above the law.
(b) That he would not bow to the law.
(c) That he was not the law.
(d) That he was not allowed to pass laws.

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

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

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

14. How much did the European population increase between 1500 and 1600?
(a) 12%.
(b) 30%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 60%.

15. 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) Private property.
(b) Public land.
(c) Cemetaries.
(d) Serfs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem did the Chinese not solve?

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

3. When did the Romanov of Russia gain power according to Chapter 21?

4. When did the major powers face growing demands for military expenditures?

5. Who gave the definition of institutions as "stable, valued, recurring patterns of behavior"?

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