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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. How much was the per capita spending on all government services, from armies and roads to schools and police on the street in Afghanistan in 2008?

2. What led Emperor Chengu to cancel long distance voyages?

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

4. When did the Iranian Islamist revolution take place?

5. Where was the old Teotihuacán city located?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are four differing results relating to accountability?

3. How does Fukuyama define accountability in Chapter 22?

4. What did the Church become in Europe?

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

6. What does Fukuyama distinguish between when discussing the "rule of law" in Chapter 17?

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

8. What was British Common Law?

9. What was the second question that Fukuyama addresses?

10. What was the Mandate of Heaven?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of kinship, and the types of kinship, as discussed in Chapter 3.

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