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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The early days of the industrial revolution resulted in workplace abuse, especially for ___________. (fill in the blank)
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Men.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

2. Adam Smith defined wealth in terms of what?
(a) Goods.
(b) Land.
(c) Produce.
(d) Gold.

3. 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) Six hundred years.
(b) Two hundred years.
(c) Five hundred years.
(d) Seven hundred years.

4. Which legislation resulted in duties on grain imports and remained in effect for thirty years?
(a) Corn Laws.
(b) Wheat Laws.
(c) Parliment Laws.
(d) British Market Laws.

5. The second stop on Heilbroner's historical journey describes the number of markets visited by one man in 1550, in what country?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) England.

6. At the beginning of the 1800's, England had two strong classes emerge; an _________ class and an agricultural class. (fill in the blank)
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Urban.
(d) Landowner.

7. Economists make order out of what, in Helibroner's opinion?
(a) The abyss.
(b) Money.
(c) Social chaos.
(d) Nothing.

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

9. Heilbroner begins the book by saying it is limited to a small number of men who did more for history with _________ than famous men did. (fill in the blank)
(a) Wealth.
(b) Power.
(c) War.
(d) Theories.

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

11. What year did the British Labor Movement begin?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1778.

12. _________ was based on true wealth only being created in agriculture. (fill in the blank)
(a) Physiocracy.
(b) Macroeconomics.
(c) Agricracy.
(d) Laissez-faire.

13. Who is to blame for the lack of glamour in the field of economics?
(a) Citizens.
(b) Economists.
(c) The press.
(d) Students.

14. What took care of early man's inner conflict between himself and the group?
(a) The environment.
(b) The elders.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Psychiatry.

15. What year was The Wealth of Nations published?
(a) 1758.
(b) 1723.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1759.

Short Answer Questions

1. The followers of Saint-Simone proposed an end to _________. (fill in the blank)

2. It is the forces of ______ that make the market function according to Adam Smith. (fill in the blank)

3. _________ is concerned with finding some reason for the cosmos. (fill in the blank)

4. Who started New Lanark?

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

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