ECN 110A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neolithic Revolution, Hunter-Gatherer, Scientific Revolution
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Part a: multiple choice questions (16 questions, each of which is worth 4 points: in a farewell to alms there is only one significant event in world economic history. This is: the demographic transition, the scientific revolution, the industrial revolution, the glorious revolution, the neolithic revolution, the neolithic revolution consisted of what major transformation. The adoption of stone tools: by definition the subsistence income of a society before 1800 was the income at which. The wage was at least the equivalent of 4 lbs of wheat per day. 1209: the malthusian model we have studied assumes that birth rates increase with income before, suppose birth rates were unchanged with income. Technological change could improve living standards before 1800. Increases in mortality would improve incomes and leave life expectancy unchanged. Life expectancy before 1800 would be 50 or more. Real incomes would even lower than observed before 1800.
