Capitalism - Crash Course World History #33

According to John Green capitalism appeared with the Industrial Revolution

• Yes, that was mercantile capitalism

• Yes, that was industrial capitalism

• Yes, that was financial capitalism

• Not at all

What activities can be considered mercantile capitalism? Choose as many as you think are ok

• Trade through Indian Ocean

• Caravans across the Sahara

• Donations to the Church

• Rug trade

Who is the bearded guy depicted on the black board behind Green?

• Karl Marx

• Friedrich Engels

• James Watt

• Santa Claus

• Josif Stalin

Main goal of capitalism is to invest and innovate to increase...

• human well-being

• wealth

• territories

• political power

What institution was created by Dutch and British in the 17th century in order to share risks and benefits in trading activities?

• monopolies

• trade unions

• joint stock companies

• investment corporations

Industrial capitalism first developed in...

• China in the 18th century

• China in the 3rd century BCE

• Belgium in the 18th century

• Britain in the 12th century

• Britain in the 19th century

What were the advantages the British had in the 19th century? Select as many answers as needed

• Control of maritime routes

• Benefits form slave trade

• Civil war that ended absolutism

• Increase in agricultural productivity

Along History the percentage of people working as farmers have been...

• remained stable

• gradually increasing

• quickly increasing

• decreasing

Process by which open-fields were enclosed

• unenclosing

• enclaustration

• enclosure

• enclosouring

Generally speaking, enclosure was benefitial for peasants

• No, because many of them lost their livelihood

• Of course it was, because they had safer fields with high walls

• Yes, because it increased productivity