Test Bank For World Economy, The: Geography, Business, Development, 6/E 6th Edition by Frederick P. Stutz, San Diego State University Barney Warf, University of Kansas

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The World Economy: Geography, Business, Development, 6e (Stutz/Warf)

Chapter 2   The Historical Development of Capitalism

 

2.1   Multiple Choice

 

1) What is the dominant form of production and consumption around the world?

1. Capitalism
2. Command
3. Fordism
4. Laissez-faire
5. Mercantilism

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Historical Development of Capitalism

Standard:  3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth’s surface.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

2) On what is the capitalist class system based?

1. religious rank
2. tradition, family status
3. military rank
4. money and earned status
5. education

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  The Rise of the Modern City

Standard:  10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics. Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

3) Where did capitalism begin?

1. The Middle East
2. China
3. India
4. United States
5. Northern Italy

Answer:  E

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Environment

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

4) How would one describe markets under feudalism?

1. small and poorly developed
2. middle-sized and unevenly developed
3. large and well-developed
4. a mix of small and middle-sized markets, most of which were well developed
5. non-existent

Answer:  A

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Feudalism and the Birth of Capitalism

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface. Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

5) When did modern capitalism come into existence?

1. first and second centuries
2. fifth and sixth centuries
3. ninth and tenth centuries
4. twelfth and thirteenth centuries
5. sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Answer:  E

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Emergence and Nature of Capitalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

6) Originally, where did modern capitalism mostly come into being?

1. Central Asia
2. Eastern South America
3. Pacific Rim
4. Southern Africa
5. Western Europe

Answer:  E

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Emergence and Nature of Capitalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past. Bloom’s:  Analysis

7) When did the Industrial Revolution begin?

1. twelfth century
2. fourteenth century
3. seventeenth century
4. eighteenth century
5. twentieth century

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Industrial Revolution

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

8) Many early agricultural societies were based on A) climate.

2. mechanical advancements.

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Feudalism and the Birth of Capitalism Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

9) Prior to capitalism, the prevailing form of economic and social relations was A) command economies.

3. stock exchanges.

Answer:  B

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Feudalism and the Birth of Capitalism Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

10) Which area of the world was the least impacted by feudalism?

1. Europe
2. Holy Roman Empire
3. Japan
4. North America
5. Russia

Answer:  D

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Feudalism and the Birth of Capitalism Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

11) Which is a characteristic of feudalism?

1. a stable and conservative world that changed relatively little
2. dominance from a military class that represented the interests of the masses
3. large cities that had different sectors based on specific economic roles
4. ports that were linked to one another through an advanced system of bookkeeping
5. world trade

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

12) What was the predominant political/ideological institution in Europe during feudalism?

1. the Church
2. the English Monarchy
3. the Roman Empire D) the stock market
4. E) There was none.

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past. Bloom’s:  Analysis

13) What was NOT a feature of feudalism in Europe? A) Most people were extremely religious.

1. The population fatalistically accepted its lot in life.
2. In most towns the Cathedral was the largest and most impressive building.
3. Most people were literate so they could read the Bible.
4. An aristocratic nobility made up the ruling class.

Answer:  D

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

14) What was NOT a feature of feudalism in Europe?

1. There was an effective division between public and private property.
2. Tenant farmers paid tribute to their local lords with their agricultural output.
3. Farming was based on animate sources of power.
4. Agricultural productivity was low.
5. Children often labored on farms.

Answer:  A

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

15) Under feudalism, what was the central institution that governed allocation of resources? A) the Church

1. the cities
2. the market
3. the serfs
4. the state

Answer:  E

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

 

16) What was the basis of wealth and political power under the feudal system?

1. ownership of land
2. military technology
3. proximity to Rome (and thus access to the Pope)
4. ties to other empires
5. world trade

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

17) In the feudal era, which group of people were often merchants during seasonal fairs?

1. Jews
2. Norse
3. Roma (also known as Ruthenians or Gypsies)
4. Vandals
5. Visigoths

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

18) What is NOT a characteristic of serfs in Europe?

1. low standard of living
2. low life expectancies
3. monotonous lives
4. ownership by a master
5. they made up most of the rural population

Answer:  D

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

19) What was NOT a characteristic of cities during the era of feudal society? A) Cities over 10,000 people were rare.

1. Commercial and residential districts were separated.
2. They were densely populated.
3. They were unsanitary.
4. They were often surrounded by walls.

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth’s surface.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

20) What were feudal guilds?

1. royal city planners
2. travelling merchants
3. associations of craft artisans and workers
4. religious orders of the Catholic Church
5. ruling classes who oversaw serfs

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

21)  In the late medieval period, various technologies like the heavy plow and waterwheels were introduced in Europe. Where did these innovations come from?

1. Arabs, Indians, and Chinese
2. Carpathian Mountains
3. Florence, Rome, and Venice
4. Jews
5. North Africans

Answer:  A

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  9: The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

22) What was the name for the series of routes that linked Asia and Europe for 2000 years of trade?

1. Byzantium Terminus
2. Himalayan Highway C) Khyber Pass
3. Long Trek Eastward
4. Silk Road

Answer:  E

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

23) Which is NOT TRUE regarding the Silk Road? A) It passed through the Arab World.

1. The Chinese established customs posts to minimize smuggling and tax goods.
2. Religious ideas also passed along this route.
3. The flow of goods was essentially one-way, from Asia to Europe.
4. It lasted for around 2000 years.

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

24) What disease wiped out one-quarter of Europe’s population around 1350?

1. bubonic plague
2. influenza
3. malaria
4. measles
5. smallpox

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

25) Where did the bubonic plague originate?

1. Asia
2. Australia
3. North America
4. South America
5. southern Africa

Answer:  A

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Analysis

 

26) Several historians speculate that the bubonic plague caused Europe to change from A) an unsanitary society to a sanitary society, especially in central Europe.

1. a credit-rich economy to a cash-poor economy.
2. being a rural region to an urbanized region.
3. being an urbanized region to a rural region.
4. a land-poor, people-rich to a people-poor, land-rich group of societies.

Answer:  E

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  12: The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

27) What economic, political, and social system emerged from the collapse of feudalism?

1. representative government
2. autocracy
3. democracy
4. world trade
5. capitalism

Answer:  E

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past. Bloom’s:  Analysis

28) What is the birthplace of capitalism?

1. Constantinople (Istanbul)
2. Greece
3. Iberia
4. northern Italy
5. western Ireland

Answer:  D

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  The End of Feudalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

29) What was network of cities in northern Europe along the shores of the North Sea and Baltic Sea?

1. Bal-Nor Group
2. Gronkowski Alliance
3. Hanseatic League
4. Odin’s Realm
5. Waterford

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Emergence of Capitalism

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface. Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

30) What was the core area of the Hanseatic League?

1. highlands of the British Isles
2. lowlands of central France (today the region of greater Paris)
3. shores of the Baltic Sea and North Sea (modern Germany and Poland)
4. mountains of Eastern Europe (Hungary and Romania)
5. coastline of the Mediterranean Sea, particularly Algeria and Spain

Answer:  C

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Emergence of Capitalism

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past. Bloom’s:  Knowledge

31) Under capitalism, what is the most important institution of allocation of resources? A) the autocrats

1. the elites
2. the government
3. the market
4. the state

Answer:  D

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Markets

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface. Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

32) What was a feature of the area where capitalism was born? A) It was made up of a variety of city-states.

1800. People there had no experience with money until 1800.
1801. The people were heavily taxed in order to build flood walls, which led to the creation of central banks.
1802. It was governed by an absolute dictator.
1803. It had religious diversity (Catholics, Hindus, Muslims, Protestants).

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Markets

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

33) In capitalism, what are oligopolists?

1. bankers who establish lines of credit
2. major producers who can shape the market price for their goods
3. traders who often manipulate the supply of goods in order to maximize profits
4. merchants who choose to sell as much as possible at low prices
5. forts and supply stations along trade routes

Answer:  B

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Markets

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface. Bloom’s:  Synthesis

34) Which of the following is TRUE regarding capitalism?

1. City-states are required stepping stones for development.
2. All early capitalist societies practiced slavery.
3. Stock markets must exist to raise money.
4. In producer-based economies, governments must organize and muster resources to serve the interests of the wealthy classes.
5. In market-based societies, private property and the right to own it are key requirements for production. Answer: E

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Markets

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface. Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

35) What was the livelihood of most people under feudalism?

1. merchants
2. members of Guilds (early trade unions)
3. noblemen and women
4. members of the religious clergy
5. farmers and peasants

Answer:  E

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics. Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

36) What is a major difference between capitalist societies and noncapitalist ones?

1. Cities in noncapitalist societies were often huge, but shrank when they became capitalist.
2. Capitalism rewards innovation, change, and risk taking.
3. Non-capitalist societies reward innovation, change, and risk taking.
4. Markets exist.
5. Slavery was common in capitalist societies, but not in noncapitalist ones.

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Markets

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface. Bloom’s:  Synthesis

37) What was the primary form of wealth transfer under feudalism?

1. payment of wages from landowners to tenant farmers
2. payment of taxes from landowners and tenant farmers to the royal family
3. sale of goods and services among people from many social classes
4. rent payment from tenant farmers to lords (landowners)
5. income from foreign countries through the sale of exports

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Characteristics of Feudalism

Standard:  11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface. Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

38) Under capitalism, what is NOT a role that the state or government plays?

1. protecting property rights
2. building infrastructure
3. providing public services
4. organizing religion
5. protecting firms from foreign competition

Answer:  D

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  The Rise of the Modern City

Standard:  10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

39) What was a class of people who gained wealth, power, and prestige in early capitalism?

1. burghers
2. kings and queens (higher elements of the monarchy
3. nobles and earls (lower elements of the monarchy)
4. religious leaders
5. slaves

Answer:  A

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  Markets

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past. Bloom’s:  Knowledge

40) What is TRUE regarding the demise of the feudal aristocracy?

1. It was gradual in some places (England) and sudden in others (France).
2. Inheritance laws prevented the rich class from maintaining itself.
3. The rich were forcibly confined to their castles everywhere by 1600.
4. The Church contributed to its fall.
5. Taxation eliminated it from southern Europe.

Answer:  A

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Markets

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

41) What was the main mode of exchange in noncapitalist societies that preceded capitalism? A) barter

1. credit
2. money
3. the state
4. warehousing

Answer:  A

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Finance

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

42) What was the origin of “joint stock companies”?

1. bandits who wanted to expand to piracy at sea
2. Hanseatic League traders who wished to raise capital
3. merchants in Greek ports who wanted reserves of gold
4. spread the risks of large investments over many small investors
5. the Vatican, which sought to consolidate economic power

Answer:  D

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Finance

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

43) Many economic geographers believe capitalism creates A) democracy.

1. uneven spatial development.
3. neoclassical relations.
4. equality over time.

Answer:  B

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Territorial and Geographic Changes

Standard:  3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth’s surface.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

44) Who formed the proletariat in industrial Europe?

1. aristocracy (former nobles)
2. guild members
3. religious orders
4. wealthy landed elite (who were often tied to the Church)
5. working class (former peasants and serfs)

Answer:  E

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  The Rise of the Modern City

Standard:  13: How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

45) Which is NOT TRUE regarding capitalism?

1. A division of wealth often exists between cities and the countryside.
2. Capital seeks out the highest rate of profit.
3. Capitalism can cause uneven spatial development (wealth of New York versus situation of Detroit).
4. Prior to colonialism, Europe was the wealthiest and most advanced area of the world.
5. Colonialism enhanced the wealth of Europe.

Answer:  D

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Territorial and Geographic Changes

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

46) In early capitalism, which cities particularly thrived?

1. cities with universities
2. port cities, due to maritime trade
3. walled cities due to their human-made defenses
4. highland cities in the interior due to their natural defenses
5. cities on the North European Plain due to the fertile soil

Answer:  B

Diff: 3

Topic/Section:  Territorial and Geographic Changes

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

47) Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

1. The ability to buy and sell goods over long distances is a fundamental part of capitalist societies.
2. Prior to capitalism, long-distance trade was largely confined to common goods, like foodstuff.
3. Comparative advantage is part of capitalism.
4. Capitalism made countries increasingly interdependent on one another.
5. Expansion of trade networks tied European countries to each other.

Answer:  B

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  Long-Distance Trade

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

48) Where was moveable type originally innovated?

1. China
2. Germany
3. Egypt
4. India
5. Spain

Answer:  A

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  New Ideologies

Standard:  10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

49) When was the printing press invented in Europe?

1. 850
2. 1150
3. 1450
4. 1750
5. 1850

Answer:  C

Diff: 1

Topic/Section:  New Ideologies

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge

 

50) Which is NOT TRUE regarding the diffusion of the printing press and printed books in Europe?

1. It helped destabilize traditional society.
2. Printing brought literacy to adults, especially males as female literacy lagged far behind.
3. It helped the free exchange of ideas.
4. It increased the importance of clergy in the production of knowledge, since they owned the presses.
5. It helped facilitate the Italian Renaissance.

Answer:  D

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  New Ideologies

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Synthesis

 

51) Who is considered the father of capitalism?

1. Eratosthenes
2. Fredrick the Great
3. Pliny the Elder
4. Leonardo da Vinci
5. none of the above

Answer:  E

Diff: 2

Topic/Section:  New Ideologies

Standard:  17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.

Bloom’s:  Knowledge