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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were Qin Shi Huangdi and Ashoka building their empire?
(a) 2rd century B.C.
(b) 4rd century B.C.
(c) 5rd century B.C.
(d) 3rd century B.C.

2. What justified an armed rebellion against the Emperor in China?
(a) The loss of the Mandate of Tang.
(b) The loss of the Mandate of Stability.
(c) The loss of the Mandate of Heaven.
(d) The loss of the Mandate of Governance.

3. Who formulated an ideology of state building that explicitly laid out the logic of the new centralized state?
(a) Xiao.
(b) Tang.
(c) Qin.
(d) Chu.

4. What was Steven Pinker's occupation?
(a) Evolutionary economist.
(b) Evolutionary historian.
(c) Evolutionary psychologist.
(d) Evolutionary anthropologist.

5. Who helped the Emperor stage a coup against Empress Liang's house according to Chapter 9?
(a) His brothers.
(b) Eunuchs.
(c) Mercenary troops.
(d) Loyal peasants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who collectivized land in 1978?

2. How may countries were considered free by the Freedom House in 1973, according to Chapter 1?

3. When did the State of Chu perform a cadastral survey?

4. 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"?

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

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