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

2. When did the major powers face growing demands for military expenditures?
(a) 14th century on.
(b) 13th century on.
(c) 15th century on.
(d) 12th century on.

3. How long did the Russian occupation by the Mongols last?
(a) 200 years.
(b) 350 years.
(c) 250 years.
(d) 450 years.

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

5. How often were the lords and his commoner vassals called together to judge cases in feudal France?
(a) Every 5 weeks.
(b) Every 2 weeks.
(c) Every 12 weeks.
(d) Every 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sir Edward Coke die?

2. When did Cortes begin his conquest of Mexico?

3. 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?

4. When did Commodore Matthew Perry show up with his "black ships" in Tokyo Bay?

5. What corresponds to what is now called positive law according to Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the first question that Fukuyama asks about political development in Chapter 30?

3. What was the Mandate of Heaven?

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

5. What did Pope Gregory VII do in 1073?

6. What did the Orthodox Christian Church not do?

7. What was the second question that Fukuyama addresses?

8. What is political decay part of?

9. What happened in the final years of the French monarchy according to Chapter 23?

10. What happened between the Christian church and political authorities in Europe according to Chapter 18?

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