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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What population density allowed agriculture?
(a) 60 to 70 people per square kilometer.
(b) 80 to 100 people per square kilometer.
(c) 40 to 60 people per square kilometer.
(d) 60 to 80 people per square kilometer.

2. Why were the Xiongnu, Huns, and Mongols such potent military powers?
(a) They were able to mobilized nearly 100% of their male population.
(b) They were able to move fast because of their horses.
(c) They were physically fit.
(d) They were using bows and arrows.

3. What was the sanjakbey duties?
(a) Public servant training.
(b) Protected civilians.
(c) Led cavalry into battle.
(d) Collected taxes.

4. When was the Wei kingdom founded?
(a) 220.
(b) 210.
(c) 230.
(d) 250.

5. When did India and China start diverging significantly?
(a) 600 B.C.
(b) 700 B.C.
(c) 800 B.C.
(d) 900 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Gauls choose to elect a common authority for the whole confederation?

2. When were Qin Shi Huangdi and Ashoka building their empire?

3. When did the Zhou dynasty split?

4. Who formulated an ideology of state building that explicitly laid out the logic of the new centralized state?

5. When did the Sui Dynasty disappear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fukuyama discuss about chimps?

2. Why does Fukuyama attack theories like that of Karl Marx?

3. What was never eliminated in China, India, and the Middle East despite efforts of leaders according to Chapter 16?

4. How was Europe different?

5. What was the first kind of organization according to the author in Chapter 3?

6. What philosophies does Fukuyama reference and who does he share views with in Chapter 2?

7. Why was the Han dynasty not a democracy?

8. What general assumption is made by the author in the Preface?

9. What does Fukuyama explain about China and its history in Chapter 6?

10. What did warfare cause for many people?

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