What city/state controlled the European Spice Trade for much of the 15th century?
Venice
what city did the Turks close to European trade when they conquered it in 1452?
Byzantium/Constantiople
With the closing of land routes between East and West, what happened to the market for spices in Europe in the mid fifteenth century?
Supply decreased
Who was the first European to round Cape Bojador?
Gil Eannes
Who was the first Euoropean to sail to American (excluding Lief Erickson)?
Columbus
Who was the first European to sail to India
da Gama
Who encouraged Henry the Navigator to invade North Africa?
Phillipa
Who was the first European whose crew circumnavigated the globe?
Magellan
The result on the European Spice Market of the early sixteenth century of Vasco da Gama's successful voyage was an
increase in supply
What was not a result of the European maritime explorations?
The Europeans realized the world is round
The major purpose of money is to
facilitate exchange by reducing transactions costs
the only cause of deflation
too little money in relation to the quantity of goods and services
All costs are
opportunity costs
Hamilton favored a
strong federal government and a central bank
If you lend $100 to a friend who repays $100 after a year of inflation, your are
sad because you can buy less with the $100 now than you could have with the original $100
example of "hard" money
gold
The Weimar Republic's (Germany after WWI) hyperinflation was caused by
too much money in circulation
Group that is most hurt by unanticipated deflation?
borrowers
Who supported soft money?
William Jennings Bryan
The recent hyperinflation in Zimbabwe was caused by
too much money in circulation
Which act upset the rum producers of New England?
Sugar Act of 1764
Which act most upset the colonial professional class?
Stamp Act of 1765
What most upset colonial land speculators?
Proclamation of 1763
What increased the transaction costs of exchange?
Currency Act of 1764
What is the effect of a decrease in the money supply?
deflation
Where did most of the colonists live?
Close to the Atlantic
What repealed immediately followed the repeal of the Stamp Act?
Declaratory Act of 1766
What established a monopoly for the British East India Company in the colonies?
Tea Act of 1773
What repealed the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Coercive Acts of 1774
The only cause of inflation is
to much money in relation to the quantity of goods and services
Example of a transaction cost
looking on the Internet for a used car
All search costs are
Transactions costs
All transaction costs are
opportunity costs
Who drove the Muslims from their last stronghold in Spain
Isabella
Last stronghold of Muslims in Spain
Granada
Who traveled from Europe to the court of the Mongol Emperor in the 13th century?
Marco Polo
Which is the southernmost cape in Africa?
Good Hope
In a decision, which of the following is the alternative (option) selected?
A.
Which of the following is the best alternative not selected, the opportunity given up in making a decision?
A.
Which of the following is a bad point about an alternative?
A.
In "The King, the Mice, and the Cheese" students learn that alternative have:
C.
In a decision, where someone is choosing among three alternatives, how many opportunity costs is/are there?
A.
When Uncle Jed uses his money for the operation for Sarah Jean, the cost of that choice is:
B.
At the time that Helga came back with her dowry and chose to remain unmarried, the opportunity cost of that choice was
D.
The major economics concept illustrated by "Mr. Tanen's Ties," is:
D.
In "gettin' Through Thursday," Andre's Mama comes up with many:
B.
Ferdinand the Bull's favority activity was to:
A.
What word is used in "Big Squeak and Little Squeak" that is never to be used in your classroom?
D.
In "A Day's Work," Abuelo had experience in:
D.
In "The Rag Coat," Minna was proud of her coat because it:
D.
In "Erandi's Braids," Erandi's mother
C.
Which of the following statements, emphasized in class, most clearly states the message of benefit/cost analysis?
A.
Which of the following took disputed land away from the New England Colonies?
Quebec Act of 1774
Who did a representation (sketch,painting) of the Boston Massacre that omitted Crispus Attucks?
Paul Revere
Who was the American born Governor of Massachusetts who ordered the captains of the tea ships to unload their cargo?
Thomas Hutchinson
Who defended Thomas Prescott in a Boston trial?
John Adams
Who led the Sons of Liberty in Boston and was completely against any compromise with the King or Parliament?
Sam Adams
Which religious group honored the English King/Queen as head of the English Church?
Anglicans
Which religious group did not believe in popes, bishops, or kings as "head of the church?"
Puritans
Which religious group recognized the Pope as the head of the English church?
Catholics
Who was the new military governor of Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?
Thomas Gage
What wars united the British and Americans?
French and Indian War
On the eve of revolution, approximately what percent of American colonists favored fighting for independence from Great Britain?
40%
At what grade does this Standard apply? Discuss the relationship of students’ “work” in school and their personal human capital
A.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services
A.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Students match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of related jobs at the school, in the local community, and from historical accounts.
B.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Discuss the connections between geography and the development
of city-states in the region of the Aegean Sea, including patterns of trade and commerce among Greek city-states and within the wider Mediterranean region
C.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Students understand basic economic concepts and their individual roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills
C.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Trace the development of agricultural techniques that permitted
the production of economic surplus and the emergence of cities as centers of culture and power
A.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of early explorers
and the technological developments that made sea exploration by latitude and longitude possible.
C.
What is the earliest grade at which students should apply cost/benefit analysis?
D.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Explain the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of the explorers, sponsors, and leaders of key European expeditions and the reasons Europeans chose to explore and colonize the world
D.
At what grade does this Standard apply? Describe the purpose, challenges, and economic incentives associated with westward expansion, including the concept of Manifest Destiny
A.
Which of the following measures the relationship between supply and demand for one product compared to the relationship of supply and demand for all other products?
D.
Which of the following is a measure of the relative scarcity of a product?
D.
If only five units of a product exist, it can be said that the product is:
D.
Which of the following is one of the necessary characteristics of an efficient market?
B.
Sellers competing against sellers drives the price _______ and buyers competing against buyers drives the
price _________.
D.
Which of the following can change the relative scarcity of a product?
C.
An increase in supply does what to price and quantity exchanged?
C.
U.S. housing prices are falling. Which of the following could cause this?
C.
Which of the following describes the results of the European plague of the 13th century on the European market for workers?
A.
What was the impact of Vasco da Gama's successful voyage to India on the European spice market of the sixteenth century?
A.
What was the impact on the European beaver pelt market of the nineteenth century when Europeans found a way to produce silk themselves, recognizing that silk and beaver pelts are substitutes?
C.
What happened to the market for placers (pans used to pan for gold) in Sacramento in 1850 when many miners "rushed" to the area to discover gold?
B.
What happened to the cotton market in London
during the American Civil War as a result of the North's successful blockade of Southern Ports?
C.
What would happen in the market for California fruits and vegetables if Mexican farm workers stopped coming into California?
B.
If people are out of work and have lower incomes, what will happen to the price of most products including the price of oil?
