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  • What is the number one indicator of standard of living?


    A person's income

    economics standard_of_living
  • Who created a crop rotation that did not need to leave land fallow?


    Charles Townshend

    history agriculture
  • What percentage of the European population was involved in agriculture?


    About 80%

    history agriculture
  • What was a problem with the cottage industry?


    Control of the quality of the product

    history industry
  • What fuel source do new machines require, leading to increased mining?


    Coal

    history industry
  • What metaphor describes banks in relation to the economy?


    Like a heart, money is like blood

    economics metaphor
  • Who wrote the Wealth of Nations?


    Adam Smith

    economics capitalism
  • What dictates a worker's life in a factory?


    The factory whistle

    history work
  • What is a bull market?


    A market where share values tend to rise

    finance markets
  • What does laissez-faire mean in economic terms?


    Government does not interfere

    economics government
  • Who were the Luddites?


    Frustrated workers who vandalized factories

    history labor
  • What economic theory brought European countries into competition?


    Mercantilism

    economics history
  • What is the point of equilibrium?


    The price point at which supply meets demand

    economics supply_demand
  • Why did people have to live close to their workplace?


    No public transportation

    history urbanization
  • What financial instrument allowed depositors to write instead of using cash?


    Cheques or promissory notes

    finance banking
  • What does the price charged to consumers include?


    Cost of production plus profit margin

    economics pricing
  • What class posed a threat to the aristocracy?


    The new entrepreneurial middle class

    history class_structure
  • What is the Enclosure Movement?


    Farming land privately rather than publicly

    history agriculture
  • What does capitalism allow a person to earn a living by?


    Investing rather than working

    economics capitalism
  • Why did Fritz Harcourt struggle in Prussia?


    Lacked the infrastructure to produce and distribute goods

    history economics
  • What were British colonies forced to do?


    Buy British

    history colonialism
  • How do British businesses benefit from the banking system?


    As a place to get money

    finance business
  • Who created the first locomotive?


    George Stephenson

    history transportation
  • What is needed for trains to distribute goods?


    Rail roads

    infrastructure transportation
  • How do banks make money?


    By charging a higher rate of interest to borrowers than to depositors

    finance banking