Chapter 14
Was the Scientific Revolution more about knowledge or ignorance?
What is ignorance
What led to empire?
What is scientific discovery
What are Joint Stock Companies
Large amount of investors who invested smaller amounts of capital
How many children does Professor Altendorf have?
What is two?
Name one of Newton's Three Laws of Motion
What is:
1. An object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion
2. F=ma
3. For every force there is an equal and opposite reaction force
Where was the Inca Empire located?
What is The Andes Mountains in South America
Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?
Scottish Economist Adam Smith
In what department does Professor Altendorf's husband teach?
What is the College of Engineering?
What are the two types of poverty that Harari defines?
What is social and biological
What was the name for the mission of the first moon landing?
What is Apollo 11
What was the "Free Market?"
An economy where the government had little to no regulation so the most money could be made.
What did Professor Altendorf dig through a trashcan to find?
What is a kid's watch?
Francis Bacon argues that knowledge is ____ ?
What is power
What is the name of the archipelago that Darwin explored?
What is the Galapagos
What caused Belgium to change from being humanitarian to enslaving the inhabitants of the Congo?
Greed.
What is Professor Altendorf's favourite pass time?
What is visiting a prison?
By what year is the first human predicted to be a-mortal?
What is 2050
What percentage of the world's land mass was under British rule at the peak of the empire?
What is 25%
What was the cyclical relationship in the Modern Economy?
More trust in the future leads to more credit which leads to faster growth
What is the one beautification treatment that Professor Altendorf gets?
What is eyelash extensions?