1. According to Malthus, how did nature control the resources of the world?
(a) Through war.
(b) Through poverty.
(c) Through famine.
(d) Through death.

2. Where was Adam Smith educated?
(a) University of Glasgow.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) University of England.

3. Who wrote the Tableau Economique?
(a) Smith.
(b) Quesnay.
(c) Hume.
(d) Locke.

4. What is production dependent upon?
(a) Profits.
(b) Distribution.
(c) Wages.
(d) Nature.

5. Eighteenth-century England thought the population to be somewhere around 5.5 million people, and it was not expected to double for approximately how many years?
(a) Seven hundred years.
(b) Two hundred years.
(c) Six hundred years.
(d) Five hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory explains that higher wages will call forth more workers because higher wages result in better living conditions and lower mortality figures?

2. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?

3. At what university was Adam Smith on the faculty?

4. Saint-Simone was a firm believer in _________. (fill in the blank)

5. What is the biggest danger facing a modern community?

(see the answer key)

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