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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the first chiefdom and states start to appear in India according to Chapter 10?

2. At what age were young boys or men starting their training for public service under Emperor Wu?

3. Who killed the grand councilor Li Si?

4. What society is still a hunter-gatherer society?

5. When did the Berlin Wall fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did China do to support the military and warfare?

2. What were jatis and varnas according to Chapter 11?

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

4. What practice does Fukuyama examine in Chapter 13?

5. What was the method of agnation?

6. What failures led do the undoing of the Ottoman Empire?

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

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

9. What does Fukayama outline in Chapter 1?

10. What was the driving factor in creating a unified Chinese state, according to Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the three main institutions of modern democracy, and discuss how it benefits a government to have all three.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the probable contributors in the formation of a state and conclude whether Fukuyama's stance has merit.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the four differing results relating to accountability and examine the examples of each.

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