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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. What society is still a hunter-gatherer society?

2. 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"?

3. When did Ying Zheng live according to Chapter 8?

4. When was Empress Xu murdered?

5. How many movies does Nigeria produce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought distant common ancestors closer according to Fukuyama?

2. What happened to the patrimonial aristocratic class according to Chapter 9?

3. What did warfare cause for many people?

4. How was Europe different?

5. What was never eliminated in China, India, and the Middle East despite efforts of leaders according to Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

10. What three main kingdoms developed according to Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the thought of modern property rights and the tragedy of commons, and compare such views to that of Fukuyama.

Essay Topic 2

Define legalism and compare legalism with Confucianism, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the significance of the rule of law and distinguish between law and legislation

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