Hum 8 TERM 2 Quiz

What term describes the action of forcibly taking control of new territories and increasing the size of a nation or empire?

• Conquest
• surrender
• conflict
• crises

Human capital is best defined as:

• The total wealth owned by individuals.
• The skills and knowledge possessed by a population.
• The amount of money in circulation within a society.
• The number of slaves available for labor.

In ancient Rome, what term was used to refer to people who were forced to work without pay and were regarded as property?

• Emperors
• Barbarians
• Slaves
• Industrialists

Which term describes a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger?

• Frontier
• Glory
• crises
• wealth

What is the process of shifting authority or control from one entity to another called?

• Transfer of power
• Invasion
• Revolt
• Supression

A region known to have a temperate climate.

• Carribean sea
• Singapore
• Antarctica
• Mediterranean

Which term describes the action or process of causing severe and widespread damage to something?

• Destruction
• Expansion
• Unemployment
• Power

Civil wars are wars fought between:

• Different countries
• The military and civilians.
• Groups within the same country
• Empires and barbarians.

What term refers to the general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money?

• Glory
• Finance
• Inflation
• Wealth

What is the term for an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state?

• Empire
• Conquest
• Barbarians
• Revolt