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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Economic Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Only because man is ___________ he has succeeded. (fill in the blank)
(a) Socially cooperative.
(b) Invincible.
(c) Antisocial.
(d) Clever.

2. Heilbroner describes a trial of a wealthy man before the church in Boston in what year?
(a) 1550.
(b) 1639.
(c) 1305.
(d) 1776.

3. What helped bring an end to the religiousness of the population in Europe?
(a) The Italian Renaissance.
(b) Foreign exploration.
(c) The Industrial Revolution.
(d) The death of the pope.

4. According to Heilbroner, economists changed the world not through __________, but through power of their ideas. (fill in the blank)
(a) Laughter.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Mischief.
(d) Force.

5. What did the market system become known as?
(a) Communism.
(b) Populism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Assigning tasks by command to ensure that all necessary tasks are performed is what type of system?

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

3. "Each should do what was to his best monetary advantage" describes what system?

4. The economist Adam Smith lived during which time period?

5. The first stop on Heilbroner's description of how economists became necessary to society is France in what year?

(see the answer key)

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