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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 was Constantinople taken by the Turks?

2. When did the Catholic church upheld the right of women to inherit property?

3. What was the highly sophisticated compilation of Roman law produced in Constantinople under at the beginning of the sixth century named?

4. When did Constantine convert to Christianity according to Chapter 18?

5. When was the Golden Bull put in effect?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who had no strong concept of a rule of law according to Chapter 19?

2. What is political decay part of?

3. What has China repeatedly returned to according to Chapter 20?

4. What did the Orthodox Christian Church not do?

5. Why is Latin America unique according to Chapter 24?

6. What are four differing results relating to accountability?

7. What was the Mandate of Heaven?

8. Where are the political factors traced back to?

9. What did the Church become in Europe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role that Confucianism played in China.

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