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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 Sultan Barquq come to power?

2. How many movies does Nigeria produce?

3. When did the Qin Dynasty start ruling over the whole of China?

4. How long did it take to codify the ritual behavior within lineage?

5. When was Machiavelli's "The Prince" written according to Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fukayama outline in Chapter 1?

2. What did warfare cause for many people?

3. Why was the Han dynasty not a democracy?

4. What does Fukuyama examine regarding the structure of the Ottomans in Chapter 15?

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

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

7. What practice does Fukuyama examine in Chapter 13?

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

9. What will a successful modern democracy have?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the history and theories of common law, and how it came into being.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the development of rule of law in world civilizations, and discuss the role that religion played in developing a stronger rule of law.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of warfare and taxation in Chinese states.

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