A. Age of Exploration
B. Enlightenment
C. Cold War
D. Green Revolution
Related Mcqs:
- One principle in the theory of mercantilism is that colonies should be_____________?
A. granted independence as soon as possible
B. Considered an economic burden for the colonial power
C. encouraged to develop their own industries
D. acquired as markets and sources of raw materials - Mercantilism ?
A. Is the philosophy of free international trade?
B. Was a system of export promotion and barriers to imports practiced by governments?
C. Was praised by Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations
D. Both (a) and (c) - If a country’s policy makers were to continuously use expansionary monetary policy in an attempt to hold unemployment below the natural rate the long-run result would be ?
A. an increase in the level of output
B. a decrease in the unemployment rate
C. an increase in the rate of inflation
D. All of these answers - According to the Phillips curve, in the short run, if policy makers choose an expansionary policy to lower the rate of unemployment ?
A. The economy will experience an increase in inflation
B. The economy will experience a decrease in inflation
C. Inflation will be unaffected if price expectations are unchanging
D. None of these answers - Suppose a wave of investor and consumer optimisms has increased spending so that the current level of input exceeds the long-run natural rate If policy makers choose to engage in activist stabilization policy they should ?
A. decrease government spending Which the shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
B. decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
C. decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
D. decrease government spending which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right - In the early eighties, the Federal Reserve pursed a tight monetary policy. All else being equal. the impact of that policy was to interest rates in the United States relative to those in Europe and cause the dollar to _______ against European currencies?
A. decrease; depreciate
B. decrease; appreciate
C. increase; depreciate
D. increase; appreciate - Statement A: The might of a country consists of gaining surpluses of gold and silver Statement B: A nation’s strength is found in economic independence and the maintenance of a favorable balance of trade Statement C: We need to gain colonies both as sources for raw materials and as markets for our manufactured of goods Which economic system is being described by these statements ?
A. traditional
B. feudal
C. command
D. mercantile - Mention the name for economic theory that the support of business that allows them to flourish will eventually benefit middle- and lower-income people in the form of increased economic activity and reduced unemployment?
A. End benefit
B. Trickle down
C. Free market
D. Capitalism - During the 1980s and 1990s the economic policies of China, supported by Deng Xiaoping have led directly to______________??
A. an expansion of China’s colonial empire
B. an increase in trade with the West
C. a return to a strict command economy
D. the success of the commune system - During the 1980s and 1990s a period of economic conservative governments in much of West and Japan, a leading approach among development economists was ?
A. neoclassicism
B. Marxism
C. Rostow’s model
D. classical appraoch
