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

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

3. When was Constantinople taken by the Turks?
(a) 1235.
(b) 1469.
(c) 1453.
(d) 1569

4. When was "The Wealth of Nations" written in relation to Marx?
(a) 75 years before.
(b) 45 years before.
(c) 65 years before.
(d) 55 years before.

5. What did Gregory VII do to the Roman Emperor Henry IV?
(a) He married him.
(b) He gave him Italy as a gift.
(c) He excommunicated him.
(d) He orderd his assassination.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Charles I's personal rule last?

2. What was the nickname of Empress Wu?

3. When was "Political Order in Changing Societies" published according to Chapter 30?

4. When did the Iranian Islamist revolution take place?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Latin America unique according to Chapter 24?

2. Where are the political factors traced back to?

3. What has China repeatedly returned to according to Chapter 20?

4. How does Fukuyama rest his theory in Chapter 29?

5. What does Fukuyama distinguish between when discussing the "rule of law" in Chapter 17?

6. Who had no strong concept of a rule of law according to Chapter 19?

7. What did Russia not share with the Ottomans according to Chapter 26?

8. What was a necessary step for accountability in France?

9. What is political decay part of?

10. What eventually happened to the central authority of the state in Hungary?

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