World History Quiz 15 Review

Question 1

Agreement people make to live together under certain limits to protect their rights

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social contract

Question 2

Why did the Song emperors rely on and use the civil service exam?

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To bring in scholars to balance out the military

Question 3

A sequence of rulers that are part of the same family line.

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dynasty

Question 4

A ruling group

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regime

Question 5

One entity absorbs something else and makes that thing more like itself

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assimilation

Question 6

Trying to weaken something in secret

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subversion

Question 7

People in this Roman class were trained in public speaking and law so they could be leaders

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patrician

Question 8

Why didn't Plato like Athens' democracy?

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The people of Athens sentenced Socrates to death

Question 9

The people's acceptance of the rules and willingness to follow the government

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consent of the governed

Question 10

Applicants to serve in China's government had to understand the ideas of this thinker

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Confucius

Question 11

People from Mongol tribes would mix this to show loyalty to each other

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blood

Question 12

People could buy their way into this Roman class and become a special military group

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equestrian

Question 13

Leader who completed Rome's transformation from republic to empire.

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Augustus Caesar

Question 14

Independence and control over yourself

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sovereignty

Question 15

In a system of indirect rule, who serves as the day to day leader of an occupied place?

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a government made up of local people

Question 16

Sparta featured this form of government where a small group has power

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oligarchy

Question 17

Principle of notification meant that a European power had to do this when taking over Africa

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tell other European powers

Question 18

A people that do not build permanent dwellings or stay in one place

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nomadic

Question 19

A system of finding people who are qualified to serve in government

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civil service

Question 20

A government where all (or most) of the citizens share the power, such as the one in Athens

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democracy

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