Question 1
All of the following represent theories of Enlightenment thinkers EXCEPT the notion that
A) scientific laws might be applied to human institutions in order to improve society.
B) systematic investigation would unlock the secrets of the physical universe.
C) God predetermined the contents of the human mind.
D) man could use his reason and thus acquire knowledge.
Question 2
According to the entrepreneurial ethos, prosperity resulted from
A) regulated prices and wages.
B) individual competition.
C) self-denial.
D) quality controls.
Question 3
The social structure of American colonial cities from 1690 to 1770 was influenced by
A) an absence of urban poverty.
B) an increasing gap between the wealthy and the poor.
C) steadily declining property values and taxes.
D) the end of colonial warfare.
Question 4
For urban artisans in colonial America,
A) New England paid the highest wages.
B) work patterns proved regular and constant.
C) a major goal was economic independence.
D) urban growth and economic expansion guaranteed success.
Red squirrel at a feeding tray in the Lake District, England.
Colonial Morphology
The Great Lakes— America’s “Fourth Coast”
Burial caves from Mangaia, Cook Islands, document the changing patterns of mortuary ritual.
Urban Socialism, Milwaukee, 1916
Overallocation of Labor to Farming When Farmworkers Are Paid Their Average Product