Adam Smith believed that government
A) should not interfere in people's economic decisions.
B) set prices across the board to maintain stability.
C) should encourage people to share and help each other.
D) has a responsibility to the people to manage the economy.
E) is not necessary and should be eliminated entirely.
A
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What do the surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate?
a. He followed Thucydides in seeking rational motives for historical events. b. He focused on the growth of the Greek city-states from their origins to their collapse. c. Ancient historians continued to fail to find accurate, firsthand sources. d. He relied on the models of Herodotus and ascribed historical change to the intervention of gods. e. He used oral sources and myth to supplement non-written documents.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 involved __________
A) the criteria that no more slave states could be created south of the northern boundary of Missouri B) Missouri being admitted as a slave state on condition that slavery be phased out over a period of time C) Maine splitting off from Massachusetts and being admitted as a free state D) northern and southern congressmen splitting along partisan lines on the issue E) adroit political maneuvering by John Calhoun, who got the compromise through the Senate
Which of the following was not invaded by Napoleon before 1800?
A. Egypt B. Holland C. Switzerland D. Italy E. Spain
New Amsterdam became a part of the British empire because:
A) Holland sold it to King Charles II. B) English settlers overwhelmed Dutch merchants. C) Britain conquered it in an Anglo-Dutch war. D) Parliament passed an act claiming the colony.