The late Middle Ages are known as the "golden age of" this.
What are bacteria?
100
In this year, Columbus persuaded the financial advisor of Queen Isabella that oceanic exploration was relatively inexpensive.
What is 1492?
100
Fogel found that this type of mortality had a less than previously imagined effect upon total mortality in pre-industrial England.
What is Crisis Mortality?
100
Not to be confused with a small blue creature of unknown origin, or for that matter, a wave breaking on the sand.
What is a serf?
100
Substantially reduced by guild restrictions.
In the Dutch Republic from 47 in the early 16th c. to 6 by the mid 17th c.
In England from 40 down to 27 in 1552.
What are Saint's days or work holidays?
200
An alternative metric to GDP, it declined after 1980.
What is the Genuine Progress Indicator?
200
The 30 Year's War sits in the middle of 'the Crisis of the ____ century"
What is the 17th century?
200
The necessary item a medieval merchant traveling to China should bring along if he wishes to be regarded as a man of "higher condition".
What is a woman?
200
A system devoted to increasing the wealth of the kingdom by acquiring more bullion than was let out.
What is mercantilism?
200
The payment to the first man to spot land on Columbus' first voyage.
Where is 10,000 maravedis?
300
Beginning in 1315, Postan attributes this economic downturn to an increase in population unaccompanied by an increase in agricultural surplus.
What is The Great Famine?
300
In this year the First Crusade was preached and launched?
What is 1095?
300
This country experienced the most vigorous and sustained increase in average heights in the western world, well outpacing Britain and the U.S.A.?
What is the Netherlands?
300
Hard to measure precisely, but arguably a better indication of our standard of living than utility, opulence, or desire fulfillment.
What are functionings and capabilities?
300
This island is the southernmost territory conquered by the Vikings.
What is Sicily?
400
Portuguese ships sailing ever further south down the west coast of Africa in the 15th century initiated this period of time.
What is the age of discovery ( or the age of exploration)?
400
In this year Adam Smith published his monumental treatise, The Wealth of Nations.
What is 1776?
400
The 20th century economist who suggested that, contrary to Thomas Malthus’ belief, population growth encourages economic growth by scale effects.
Who is Ester Boserup?
400
A common goal of economists and other human beings, but must ALWAYS be invoked in the context of a specific metric.
What is efficiency?
400
A grant of land given by the king to a person or an institution.
What is a beneficium?
500
A period known for its "price revolution."
What is the long sixteenth century?
500
The most significant event that occurred on December 25th, 800 anno domini.
What is the coronation of Charlemagne?
500
The world’s first multinational corporation, by far the largest importer of Asian goods to Europe from 1602 to 1798.
What is de Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)? (Also accept: What is the Dutch East India Company?)
500
Small or incremental improvements of existing techniques as opposed to the discovery and implementation of new techniques