Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations
A. dealt with manufacturing, not with agriculture and commerce.
B. emphasized the concept of enlightened self-interest.
C. called for the intervention of governments to control their economies.
D. praised mercantilism as the best economic policy.
Question 2
One of the major events that occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the English cloth-making industry was
A. the creation of unions to protect the workers.
B. when Parliament passed laws to ensure minimum wages.
C. when factories were built in the villages near the workers.
D. the invention of the steam engine by James Watt.
Slash-and-burn agriculture contributes to the formation of malarial environments.
Kiki Smith, Bird Skeleton.
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