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Capitalism - Crash Course World History #33

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to John Green capitalism appeared with the Industrial Revolution

a)

Yes, that was mercantile capitalism

b)

Yes, that was industrial capitalism

c)

Yes, that was financial capitalism

d)

Not at all

2.

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

a)

Trade through Indian Ocean

b)

Caravans across the Sahara

c)

Donations to the Church

d)

Rug trade

3.

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

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Friedrich Engels

c)

James Watt

d)

Santa Claus

e)

Josif Stalin

4.

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

a)

human well-being

b)

wealth

c)

territories

d)

political power

5.

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

a)

monopolies

b)

trade unions

c)

joint stock companies

d)

investment corporations

6.

Industrial capitalism first developed in...

a)

China in the 18th century

b)

China in the 3rd century BCE

c)

Belgium in the 18th century

d)

Britain in the 12th century

e)

Britain in the 19th century

7.

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

a)

Control of maritime routes

b)

Benefits form slave trade

c)

Civil war that ended absolutism

d)

Increase in agricultural productivity

8.

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

a)

remained stable

b)

gradually increasing

c)

quickly increasing

d)

decreasing

9.

Process by which open-fields were enclosed

a)

unenclosing

b)

enclaustration

c)

enclosure

d)

enclosouring

10.

Generally speaking, enclosure was benefitial for peasants

a)

No, because many of them lost their livelihood

b)

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

c)

Yes, because it increased productivity

11.

From the capitalist point of view people are not only producers, but also...

a)

traders

b)

capitalist

c)

consumers

d)

products

12.

Socialism as an ideology appeared in...

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

France

13.

Both utopian and revolutionary socialism reject...

a)

violence

b)

capitalism

c)

revolution

d)

freedom

14.

Revolutionary socialism states that to overthrow capitalism it will be necessary to use...

a)

ships

b)

violence

c)

debates

d)

the steam engine

15.

What is Karl Marx' greatest work?

a)

Der Kommunismus

b)

Der Krieg

c)

Das Kapital

d)

Mein Kampf

16.

What is, for John Green, the most important Marxist idea?

a)

class struggle

b)

future revolution

c)

capital as the leading History force

d)

empowering technology