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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. Who succeeded Mohammad?
(a) Umar
(b) Uthman
(c) Kahim.
(d) Abu Bakr

2. What is the occupation of Richard Wrangham?
(a) Economist.
(b) Sociologist.
(c) Historian.
(d) Anthropologist.

3. When was Empress Xu murdered?
(a) 56 B.C.
(b) 71 B.C.
(c) 69 B.C.
(d) 80 B.C.

4. When were Qin Shi Huangdi and Ashoka building their empire?
(a) 2rd century B.C.
(b) 5rd century B.C.
(c) 4rd century B.C.
(d) 3rd century B.C.

5. What was the Bahri regiment named after?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A king.
(c) A god.
(d) A lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How may countries were considered free by the Freedom House in 1973, according to Chapter 1?

2. When did the State of Chu perform a cadastral survey?

3. Who said "I conceive that land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living and countless members are still unborn"?

4. What metal made the infantry more useful?

5. How many was were fought during the Eastern Zhou rule of 294 years according to Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could the Brahamic religion be described?

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

3. What caused a change in the number of polities during the Zhao Dynasty?

4. What five attributes distinguishes a state from a tribal organization according to Chapter 5?

5. How was Europe different?

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

7. What aspects of modern bureaucracy were in place during the Han dynasty?

8. How was India's early political development different from that of China according to Chapter 10?

9. What does Fukayama identify as the three main institutions of modern democracy?

10. What did Fukuyama argue about the Malmuks in Chapter 14?

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