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Period 4 - 1450 to 1750 Practice Qs
1. This unit is called GLOBAL INTERACTIONS and
even tho. lots of previous actions, everything is
accelerated with European exploration and the
integration of the AMERICAS into global trade.
Although other EMPIRES - Ottoman, Manchu,
Mughal and Tokugawa are important - it is the
Europeans who will dominant most interactions,
migrate in large numbers and cause most reactions
(i.e., Tokugawa Chinese isolation)
2. The Catholic nation of France joined the Thirty Years'
War on the side of the Protestants, indicating that
A) French Catholics and Protestants existed nearly
in equilibrium.
B) the religious divisions between Catholics and
Protestants were not significant.
C) it was the Protestants who wielded political
power in France.
D) the war had become more about secular and
political interests.
3. The religious wars following the Protestant
Reformation climaxed with the
A)
B)
C)
D)
Dutch War of Independence.
Thirty Years' War.
defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Catholic-Huguenot split in France.
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5. The political ideas of the Enlightenment, directly or
indirectly, effected I. The American Revolution
II. The French Revolution
III. Reforms under absolute monarchs
A) I and III only
C) I and II only
B) I, II and III
D) I only
6. What was an important difference between the
outlooks of Western Europe and China during the
eighteenth century?
A) Europeans thought that religion was a dying
institution, while the Chinese experienced a
spiritual revival.
B) The Chinese better recognized the importance of
new technology in advancing a society than the
Europeans.
C) The Chinese were constantly modernizing
ancient texts, while Europe remained in awe of
the past.
D) Europeans were embracing a variety of new
ideas, while the Chinese stuck with traditional
norms.
7. Base your answer to the following question on on the
list of pairs of individuals below.
4. The Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits, was
founded by [these are the folks who get booted from
East Asia - but also est. colleges like Georgetown
Fordham]
A) Lutherans in order to defend Protestants from
political suppression by the papacy.
B) Catholics in order to strengthen Catholicism
through conversion and education.
C) Lutherans in order to disseminate knowledge of
Martin Luther's 95 Theses.
D) Catholics in order to track down and silence
critics of the Catholic Church.
The major difference between the beliefs of Louis
XIV and those of Baron de Montesquieu was
A) Montesquieu believed that governmental
power should be divided among different
branches.
B) Montesquieu believed a country needs an official
language and religion to maintain unity.
C) Louis XIV opposed taxing the peasant classes.
D) Louis XIV believed a centralized bureaucracy
was necessary to administer effectively.
8. According to the Social Contract,
A) the citizens of a state must sign a document
before their government can come into power.
B) citizens have the unalienable right to revolt
against a government contrary to their politics.
C) those who are unhappy with the outcome of a
fair election are not entitled to protest.
D) a government that does not meet the needs of
the people is not a a good government.
9. Many Enlightenment thinkers shared a common belief
in
A)
B)
C)
D)
order and logic.
predestination of souls.
representative democracy.
the supremacy of classical thought.
10. The influence of neoconfucianism was apparent in
the Ming Dynasty's I. Civil service examinations
II. Extensive gentrifiction
III. Failure to industrialize
A) II only
C) I only
B) I and III only
D) I, II and III
11. The collapse of the Byzantine Empire resulted in
A) the end of the Catholic Church's policy of
selling indulgences to alleviate time in
purgatory.
B) Roman Catholicism becoming the
only major Christian sect on the
Mediterranean.
C) the reunification of the Eastern and Western
churches after a split of several hundred years.
D) Protestantism and Roman
Catholicism expanding into Eastern Europe.
12. Which of the following MOST explains the
increased urbanization of Europe during the period
1450 to 1650?
A) An increase in the efficiency of agricultural
production
B) An increase in the number of immigrants to the
Americas
C) The end of the trade isolation of China and
Japan
D) The emergence of a merchant class middle
class
13. Although most of the world's largest cities during
1550 to 1750 were located in East Asia, which of the
following areas was experiencing rapid
urbanization?
A) Western Europe B) South Asia
C) North America
D) The Middle East
14. Which of the following are both associated with
Tokugawa Japan and medieval Europe?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Isolation from other cultures
The advent of religious tolerance
The use of castle architecture
Exploration of distant areas
15. What was an important change for the samurai class
during the Tokugawa shogunate?
A) Samurai were no longer permitted to wear two
swords.
B) Samurai were encouraged to become farmers.
C) Samurai were encouraged to become
merchants.
D) Samurai were required to live in castle
towns.
Base your answers to questions 16 and 17 on the
following chart.
20. Why were more slaves sent to the West Indies as a
part of the Atlantic slave trade than any other area?
A) Slaves in the West Indies were more likely to
escape back to Africa.
B) Slaves in the West Indies were more likely to
buy back their freedom.
C) The West Indies had the largest population of
Europeans in the New World.
D) Slaves in the West Indies had a high
mortality rate.
21. Base your answer to the following question on the
statements below.
16. Before 1500, the primary destination for most of the
slaves taken from Africa was
A) Central Asia.
B) North America.
C) the Middle East. D) East Asia.
17. What agricultural product was most responsible for
the trend illustrated by the above chart?
A) Sugar
C) Tobacco
B) Cotton
D) Petroleum
18. Which of the following groups dominated the
transatlantic slave trade during the sixteenth
century?
A) Great Britain
C) The Netherlands
B) Portugal
D) Spain
19. The nations in West Africa that were initially able to
resist European domination were those that
A)
B)
C)
D)
developed gunpowder weapons.
controlled the Saharan salt trade.
participated in the slave trade.
practiced Coptic Christianity.
The African: Our tribe would have been better off if
we had never heard of Europeans. We had a society
that met all of our social and economic needs. People respected one another and the chief was the
recognized leader. Now we are confused. We have
one foot in our own world, and one foot in a world
we do not understand. The European: We have given you the best we
have. In less than 100 years we have taken you from
a state of savagery and introduced you from your
own primitive tribal system to the knowledge of the
world's most advanced democracies. We have
brought you the best you could possibly ask for --our
own culture.
Which of the following would the African cite as
evidence for how traditional African societies were
self-sufficient?
A) The kingdoms of Ghana and Mali during the
trans-Saharan trade
B) The stateless societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
C) Egypt during the Greco-Roman period
D) The growth of the Swahili city-states
22. European colonies in the Caribbean were based
primarily on the production of
A) tobacco.
C) cotton.
B) manioc.
D) sugarcane.
23. The first European explorers to engage in trade with
the Mughal Empire were from
A) France.
C) Portugal.
B) England.
D) Spain.
24. Which of the following is an example of a trading
route NOT heavily affected by European influence
in the seventeenth century?
A)
B)
C)
D)
The trans-Saharan caravan
The Southeast Asia trade
The East African trade
The South America trade
25. Which of the following was a result of global
exploration by Europeans?
A) An increase in the number of Europeans who
adhered to Islam
B) The establishment of a puppet government in
Manchuria
C) A shift in population from Southern Europe to
Northern Europe
D) The shift in trading power from the
Mediterranean to the European Atlantic
coast
26. Before the arrival of the Portuguese on the East
Coast of Africa,
A) the primary languages spoken in East Africa
were Zulu and Arabic.
B) East African culture was a mixture of
African and Arab customs.
C) the East African slave trade was nonexistent.
D) Spain was the only European power with a base
in Africa.
27. The discovery of silver mines in the Americas
allowed European traders to do which of the
following?
A) Pay off their large debts to European kings
B) Discover a cure for the Bubonic Plague
C) Export manufactured goods from Latin
America
D) Actively engage in trade with the Far East
28. What was an unintended consequence of the Atlantic
African slave trade?
A) The merging of African elements into the
culture of the Americas
B) The collapse of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty
C) The rise of the Kongo and Asante (Ashanti)
Kingdoms to power
D) The collapse of the plantation sugar economy in
the Caribbean
29. Which of the following contributed the most to the
instigation of the European Renaissance?
A) The Papal Bull of the Council of Trent
B) The writings of Leonardo da Vinci
C) Martin Luther's posting of the Ninety-Five
Theses
D) European trade with the civilizations of the
Middle East
30. How did the Byzantine Empire indirectly aid the
European Renaissance?
A) The Byzantines ended the threat of the Ottoman
Empire conquering Europe at Lepanto.
B) The Byzantines preserved many classical
texts that were "rediscovered" by
Renaissance scholars.
C) The Byzantines were major patrons of
Renaissance artists and scholars.
D) The Byzantines abandoned Italy, leaving its
people free from oppression.
31. Which of the following correctly orders the flow of
papermaking technology?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Japan to China to Arab traders to Europe
Europe to Arab traders to China to Japan
China to Arab traders to Europe
Arab traders to China and Europe
(simultaneously)
32. What was significant about the Seven Years' War?
A) It marked the end of the French's hope to build
a colonial empire.
B) It is considered by many to be the first "World
War."
C) Debts incurred in the war lead to revolts in
both France 13 Colonies
D) It was the first major war between an Asian and
European nation.
33. Zheng He was
A) the last Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
B) a Chinese navigator who led trade
expeditions all the way to East Africa.
C) the first Chinese person to receive a Western
collegiate education.
D) the Manchu general who overthrew the Ming
dynasty.
34. Caravels were
A) Qing dynasty ships that transported goods
along the Grand Canal.
B) Ming dynasty ships that dominated the Indian
Ocean trade.
C) astronomical instruments brought to Europe by
Arab traders from China.
D) European ships used to explore the world in
the fifteenth century.
35. Between 1450 and 1750, European traders tended to
establish enclaves rather than full-fledged colonies
in which of the following pairs of countries?
[WHY?]
A)
B)
C)
D)
Indonesia and Brazil
India and China
China and Indonesia
Indonesia and India
36. What was the most profound environmental effect of
the colonization of the New World by Europeans in
the sixteenth century?
A) The introduction of foreign flora and fauna
to Europe and the Americas
B) The widespread destruction of European
coastlines as a result of port building
C) Poisoned rivers throughout the Andes as a
result of strip mining
D) Massive deforestation of tropical rain forests
37. Which of the following continents did NOT
experience a large demographic change in
population and ethnic groups between 1450 and
1750?
A) South America
C) Europe
B) Asia
D) Africa
38. Joint-stock companies worked by
A) pooling the resources of many merchants
and spreading profits among the investors.
B) combining various industries into one single,
private company.
C) guaranteeing shareholders a minimum return on
their investments.
D) owning shares of other companies, rather than
producing something themselves.
39. Which of the following is true of colonies during the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
A) Spanish and Portuguese colonies were granted
a greater degree of autonomy than British and
Dutch colonies.
B) Dutch and English colonies were located
exclusively in the New World, while
Portuguese and Spanish colonies were also
located in Asia.
C) Dutch and English colonies were dominated
by private companies, while Portuguese and
Spanish colonies were under government
control.
D) Spanish and Portuguese colonies were
dependent on slave labor, while slavery was
illegal in Dutch and British colonies.
40. The primary competitors to the dominance of Spain
and Portugal in foreign trade during the seventeenth
century were
A)
B)
C)
D)
the Venetian Republic and the Netherlands.
Indian traders and France.
Arab traders and the Netherlands.
the Netherlands and Great Britain.
41. Which of the following events was at least partially
responsible for European disinterest in the Middle
East during the Age of Exploration? [key question
from Thursday review!]
I. European defeat in the Crusades
II. Vasco da Gama's voyage around Africa
III. Tokugawa Japan's negativity toward the West
A) III only
C) II and III only
B) I and III only
D) I and II only
42. Europeans were interested in colonizing tropical
areas mostly because
A) they could amass large amounts of wealth
from products like sugar and pepper.
B) these regions provide excellent locations for the
fishing industry.
C) these regions were centrally located.
D) they wanted to assert their dominance
throughout the world.
43. The Protestant Reformation and the Scientific
Revolution were similar in that both
A) were immediate causes of the Industrial
Revolution.
B) were indirectly caused by the fall of the
Byzantine Empire.
C) challenged doctrines of the Roman Catholic
Church.
D) were inspired by the writings of Middle Eastern
scholars.
44. Which of the following was NOT a reason that
Tokugawa Japan developed a new popular culture
while traditional Confucian values continued to
dominate in Ming China? [TRICKY Q - it is asking
before Meiji Industrialization!]
A) Japan's opening of trade with the United
States
B) The isolation of the samurai in castle towns
C) The rising population of merchants in Japan
D) The rapid growth of cities in Japan
45. The "genre" style of art is best represented by
A)
B)
C)
D)
pottery from Qing China.
the paintings of Eugene Delacroix.
woodblock prints from Tokugawa Japan.
the art of West African tribes.
46. Which of the following most contributed to the
collapse of the Mughal Empire?
A) A ten year long drought that was blamed on the
Mughal emperor
B) A decline in the exportation of cotton to Great
Britain
C) The Mughal's policy of religious tolerance
D) The rising power of European imperialism
47. Which of the following best describes the export
economy of the Qing Dynasty during the 18th
century?
A) It was nonexistent, as China remained closed to
all foreign trade.
B) All foreign trade was conducted by the Dutch
or the English.
C) Combined with a small import economy, it
resulted in a large trade surplus.
D) China's three major exports were gunpowder,
spices, and timber.
48. Which of the following regions was most successful
at resisting foreign infiltration and economic
exploitation between 1500 and 1800?
A) India
C) South Africa
B) Latin America
D) China
49. Which of the following best describes the
relationship between the technological and scientific
knowledge of the Ottoman Empire and Europe from
1500 to 1750? [this Q mixes everyone up . . . go
slow . . . its about timelines]
A) European and Ottoman technological and
scientific advances from 1500 to 1750 were
roughly equal.
B) The Ottoman Sultan invested heavily in
scientific research from 1500 to 1750 while
European kings did not.
C) Europe held a huge advantage in technology
and science in 1500, which the Ottomans
gradually erased by 1750.
D) The Ottomans' significant advantage in
science and technology in 1500 was reversed
in 1750 by the Europeans.
50. What best describes the role of Christianity in China
between 1450 and 1750?
A) A small number of people converted to
Christianity.
B) There was widespread conversion to
Christianity in the area around Shanghai.
C) Most of the Muslims living in China converted
to Christianity.
D) Most of the Jews living in China converted to
Christianity.
51. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Japan's trade with
the outside world was largely limited to a Dutch
enclave in the city of
A) Nagoya.
C) Kyoto.
B) Edo.
D) Nagasaki.
52. Which of the following statements about the Qing
Dynasty is true?
A) It was ruled by people who were not
ethnically Chinese.
B) It was the longest reigning Chinese dynasty.
C) It encouraged cultural diffusion during the
seventeenth century.
D) It replaced the Mongol Empire.
53. Emperor Kangxi was responsible for
A)
B)
C)
D)
centralizing Qing China.
defeating the Ming Dynasty.
cutting off imports from Europe.
abolishing civil service exams.
54. Ottoman sultans legitimized their power by
A) asserting religious authority.
B) claiming they were descendants of the
Mongols.
C) converting non-Muslims to Islam.
D) abolishing the janissary corps.
55. The rulers of the Mughal Empire originally came to
India from which of the following areas?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Middle East (modern day Saudi Arabia)
Central Asia (modern day Afghanistan)
Southeast Asia (modern day Myanmar)
Eastern Europe (modern day Poland)
56. Which of the following best describes the
government of the Ottoman Empire?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A constitutional monarchy
A plutocratic aristocracy
An elected sultanate
A dynastic sultanate
57. Which of the following best describes the
relationship between Ming China and its
surrounding states?
A) Most smaller states surrounding China were
vassals and paid the Empire an annual
tribute.
B) Little to no trade was carried out between
China and its surrounding states.
C) The primary export of the nations surrounding
Ming China to the Empire was opium.
D) The governments of most of the states
surrounding Ming China were based on
Confucian principles.
58. Which of the following products/resources was NOT
brought to China during the Qing dynasty?
[Geography Q . . . ]
A)
B)
C)
D)
Peanuts from Africa
Tea from India
Sweet Potatoes from the Americas
Silver from European trading partners
59. Which of the following is a similar reform of both
the Qing dynasty and the Tokugawa shogunate? [it
is also true of almost EVERY major dynasty,
empire, monarchy]
A) Both attempted to increase the amount of trade
conducted by their respective countries with
Westerners.
B) Both were very ineffective at putting down the
rebellions of peasants and regional governors.
C) Both, as ethnic groups distinct from their
subject populations, imposed their own culture
on the native peoples.
D) Both centralized and expanded the power of
the national government.
60. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the
collapse of the Ming Dynasty in China?
A) China's long borders were difficult to defend
and vulnerable to attack from surrounding
civilizations.
B) The influx of silver from Spanish traders
resulted in widespread inflation and economic
chaos.
C) Late Ming rulers allowed the government to be
decentralized, weakening the Emperor's
powers.
D) Increasing agricultural yields led to the
collapse of the grain market in China and
widespread famine.
61. Which of the following best describes China and
Japan between 1350 and 1550?
A) Both China and Japan experienced "Golden
Ages" characterized by achievement in the arts
and economic prosperity.
B) China began extensive trade with Western
nations, while Japan remained closed to foreign
trade.
C) China was torn apart by civil war, while Japan
experienced a resurgence under the Tokugawa
Shogunate.
D) China was unified under the Ming Dynasty,
while Japan experienced a series of civil
wars.
62. Why has it traditionally been difficult to keep the
Indian subcontinent unified under one power for an
extended period of time?
A) There was never a powerful empire present on
the Indian subcontinent.
B) For centuries, China dominated the northern
third of the subcontinent.
C) Hinduism rejects the idea of an all powerful
state.
D) The subcontinent is a diverse mix of
ethnicities and religions.
63. A difficulty facing the rulers of the Mughal Empire
was that
A) they did not practice a religion indigenous to
the Indian subcontinent.
B) they refused to recognize the rights of their
subjects to practice religion freely.
C) they were descendants of a matrilineal society
in an area of the world dominated by men.
D) they were trying to impose a central state in
a nation with a tradition of decentralization.
64. The Mughal Empire replaced which of the following
as the primary force on the Indian subcontinent?
[timelines!!]
A)
B)
C)
D)
The Aryan Empire {1800 BCE]
The Delhi Sultanate [1000 CE]
The Mongol Empire [1200s CE]
The Mauryan Empire [300 BCE]
65. I. Expulsion of the Mongols
II. Rise of Neo-Confucianism
III. Development of a large Chinese navy The above events all occurred during the
A) Han Dynasty.
C) Yuan Dynasty.
B) Qing Dynasty.
D) Ming Dynasty.
66. A difference between the feudal systems of Japan
and Western Europe was that
A) Western European systems were based on a
single religion rather than multiple faiths.
B) the Japanese system did not have a separate
class of warriors or knights.
C) the Japanese system was much less centralized
than the Western European systems.
D) Western European systems were much more
dependent on peasants than the Japanese
system.
67. What was the primary purpose of the Spanish
conquest of South America?
A) To end the Portuguese monopoly on the Asia
trade
B) To convert the native peoples to Roman
Catholicism
C) To acquire natural resources and wealth for
Spain
D) To force the Pope to agree to the Treaty of
Tordesillas
68. A major difference between the Spanish conquest of
South America and the Muslim conquest of North
Africa was that
A) the Spanish nearly completely destroyed
their subject civilizations, while the Muslims
assimilated their culture to their subject
peoples.
B) the Muslims were not concerned with religious
conversion of their subject civilizations, while
the Spanish demanded universal conversion.
C) the Muslims nearly completely destroyed their
subject civilizations, while the Spanish
assimilated their culture to their subject
peoples.
D) the Spanish were not concerned with religious
conversion of their subjects, while the Muslims
demanded universal conversion.
69. The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and the Inca
were similar in that
A) the Spanish never gain controlled over either
tribe.
B) both societies thought that their conqueror was
a god.
C) they were conquered by Spanish mercenaries.
D) Old World diseases played an important in
defeating the native peoples.
70. What was a major reason that the Spanish were
successful in getting many native tribes of South
America to aid in their conquest of the Aztecs?
A) The tribes were embittered towards the
Aztecs as a result of their policies of using
subject peoples for human sacrifice.
B) The tribes were convinced that the leader of the
Spanish was a god, and immediately broke
their alliance with the Aztecs.
C) The tribes were threatened with enslavement by
the Spanish if they did not aid in the conquest
of the Aztecs.
D) The tribes were decimated by disease and the
few remaining survivors had no choice but to
join the Spanish.
71. The term "encomienda" describes
A) the establishment of Catholic missions by
Spanish priests in the Southwest United States.
B) full-blooded Spaniards who, unlike Creoles,
were born and raised in Spain itself.
C) independent communities established by slaves
who escaped from colonial European rule.
D) a system in which Spanish conquistadores
were granted both land and native laborers.
72. Which of the following classes of the Spanish New
World colonial social structure is correctly matched
with its description?
A) Creoles -- Persons of Spanish birth who moved
to the New World
B) Mestizos -- Persons of mixed Spanish and
Native South American descent
C) Peninsulares -- Persons of Spanish ancestry
born in the New World
D) Peninsulares -- Persons of mixed Spanish and
African heritage
73. Haciendas were
A) the upper class of the encomienda system.
B) large plantations in the Spanish New World
colonies.
C) the name of the provincial governors in the
Spanish New World colonies.
D) the lowest class of the encomienda system.
74. What was a similarity between the Spanish mita and 77. What was the reaction of the Spanish government to
encomienda systems?
the initial overburdening of native workers in the
encomienda system?
A) Both were dependent on forced labor.
A) They ordered the native workers to convert to
B) Both were remnants of earlier native systems.
Christianity.
C) Both began after the abolition of slavery in
B) They decided to import African slaves to
South America.
reduce the burden.
D) Both were used only in Central America.
C) They banished missionaries from the Spanish
75. The colonial economy of Brazil was initially devoted
New World colonies.
to plantation agriculture, while the colonial economy
D) They abolished the position of viceroy.
of Spanish South America was devoted to
A)
B)
C)
D)
subsistence agriculture.
fishing.
monoculture.
mining.
76. What was a similarity between the economies of
Brazil and the Southern British colonies on the
North American East Coast?
A) Both adopted slavery fifty years after the
Spanish colonies.
B) Both were primarily based on the mining of
natural resources.
C) Both were controlled by the Dutch merchant
marine.
D) Both were heavily based on labor-intensive
plantation agriculture.
78. What best describes the reaction of Christian
missionaries to the encomienda system of Spain's
New World colonies?
A) Missionaries objected to the
system's widespread use of Christians.
B) Missionaries thought the system would be more
efficient if African slaves were used.
C) Missionaries asked the government to
reform the system to improve working
conditions.
D) Missionaries took no public stance on the
encomienda system.
79. Initially, most of the workers in Spanish South
America's encomienda system were
A)
B)
C)
D)
African slaves.
mestizos.
South American natives.
freed African slaves.
Answer Key
Period 4 2016 Practice Qs
1.
36.
A
71.
D
2.
D
37.
B
72.
B
3.
B
38.
A
73.
B
4.
B
39.
C
74.
A
5.
B
40.
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75.
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6.
D
41.
D
76.
D
7.
A
42.
A
77.
B
8.
D
43.
C
78.
C
9.
A
44.
A
79.
C
10.
D
45.
C
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B
46.
D
12.
D
47.
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A
48.
D
14.
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49.
D
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D
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C
51.
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A
52.
A
18.
B
53.
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19.
C
54.
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20.
D
55.
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B
56.
D
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D
57.
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23.
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58.
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59.
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D
60.
D
26.
B
61.
D
27.
D
62.
D
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63.
D
29.
D
64.
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B
65.
D
31.
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66.
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C
67.
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33.
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68.
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34.
D
69.
D
35.
B
70.
A