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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 was the German state that emerged in Brandenburg-Prussia in the eighteenth century based on?

2. When did the Moorish bastion of Grenada fell?

3. What Empire did not allow aristocracy to emerge?

4. What countries were examples of weak absolutism and failed accountability, according to Chapter 25?

5. What did Gregory VII do to the Roman Emperor Henry IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Fukuyama say about the English Parliament in Chapter 27?

3. How does Fukuyama define accountability in Chapter 22?

4. What did Pope Gregory VII do in 1073?

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

6. What was British Common Law?

7. What was the Mandate of Heaven?

8. What is political decay part of?

9. What tips a state towards accountability according to Chapter 28?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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