Question 1
What did the introduction of maize and the potato represent for Eastern Europe?
A. frequent crop failure
B. a significant nutritional gain and agricultural change
C. significantly more work for serfs
D. increases in agricultural taxes
E. an incentive for serfs to find agricultural innovations
Question 2
Capitals and port cities grew fastest between 1600 and 1750 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT ________.
A. monarchies were creating state buildings
B. bureaucracies were growing and were sited in the capital cities
C. European overseas trade was increasing
D. armies and court systems were stationed in the cities and drew workers
E. church centers were expanding and drew tourists and religious pilgrims
Question 3
The change that rationalized the use of land and created higher productivity was the ________.
A. enclosure laws
B. peasant rebellions
C. bread riots
D. Agricultural Revolution
E. hunting privileges