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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea which made it favorable for infant navigation?
(a) Many harbors.
(b) Shallow water.
(c) No islands.
(d) No tides.

2. What is the common instrument of commerce and exchanges in Virginia?
(a) Salt.
(b) Shells.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Sugar.

3. Who are most likely to make improvements upon or invent new machines for manufacture?
(a) Those who work with or make the machines.
(b) The man who is responsible for the running of the manufacturing process.
(c) The owner of the manufacturing process.
(d) The man who repairs and cleans the machines.

4. What was the common instrument of commerce among the ancient Romans?
(a) Silver.
(b) Copper.
(c) Iron.
(d) Gold.

5. Which Mediterranean country seems to have been the first in which either agriculture or manufacturers were cultivated and improved to any considerable degree?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Italy.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times more goods on a broad-wheeled wagon can be carried from London to Edinburgh by water-carriage in the same amount of time?

2. What word expressed the weight or quantity of metal contained in the first coins?

3. What was one problem with the use of rude metals?

4. What does the division of labor do for individual workmen?

5. How are a philosopher and a street porter the same?

(see the answer key)

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