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Question 1

Which economic theory believes that government should not interfere with business and not protect workers?

Answer 1

Laizzes-faire

Question 2

Who is known for the economic theory of
“iron law of wages”, in which increased population leads to increased competition and competition drives down wages?

Answer 2

David ricardo

Question 3

Urbanization increased in the US and Europe during the 1800s.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Who established the first women’s college in Massachusetts?

Answer 4

Mary lyon

Question 5

What type of painting is “Liberty Leading the People?”

Answer 5

Romantic

Question 6

Charles darwin

Answer 6

evolution and natural selection

Question 7

Gregor mendel

Answer 7

Genetics

Question 8

Edward jenner

Answer 8

gave smallpox vaccinations, world’s first vaccinations

Question 9

Louis Pasteur

Answer 9

Germ theory

Question 10

John dalton

Answer 10

Atomic theory

Question 11

Adam smith

Answer 11

Supply and demand

Question 12

Marie and Pierre
Curie

Answer 12

Radium

Question 13

Symbolism

Answer 13

used to
convey complex ideas, anti realist and
dreamlike

Question 14

Impressionism

Answer 14

use of an impression
rather than
an accurate
picture of a
scene

Question 15

Postimpressionism

Answer 15

members
experiment
with form
and color

Question 16

Lists three aspects of socialism

Answer 16

1. Society is in control of the means of production.
2. Social equality=economic equality.
3. The government should support rights like social security and healthcare.

Question 17

Explain the difference between sociology and psychology.

Answer 17

Sociology is studying societies (more than one person), while psychology is studying the mind (one singular person).

Question 18

Define utilitarianism and explain what John Stuart Mill advocated for.

Answer 18

Utilitarianism is making choices in the government in order to benefit the greatest number of people. John Stuart Mill was the father of western liberalism. He was in support of women’s suffrage and income tax.

Question 19

Explain the difference between emigration and immigration, then explain why Europeans left their homelands.

Answer 19

Emigration is leaving a country. Immigration is entering a country. For example, if you were moving from the US to Finland, you would be emigrating from the US, and Immigrating to Finland. Europeans would emigrate from their homelands for multiple reasons. One of them was to find better pay and work. Another was to escape oppressive governments that would persecute them. Finally, they also left to escape famine.

Question 20

Summarize Karl Marx’s views on economics and class struggle. You can include his famous writings.

Answer 20

Karl Marx is described as the father of communism. His famous views are best displayed in his book, “The Communist Manifesto”. He believes that everything should be shared, and that no capital should be owned by any one individual. The means of production would be held by the society in which it was based. He also believed that capitalism was only a temporary stage, and that if the workers/proletariat class could seize power from the middle class, they could destroy classes, leading to the final stage: a communist utopia.