Descartes
What does Cogito Ergo Sum Mean?
What is, "I think therefore I am".
What was the name of the book Hobbes wrote outlining his political theory?
What is "The Leviathan"?
Where did Capitalism as a cultural revolution really get started?
Where is "England".
What is the name of the book on economics written by Adam Smith?
What pamphlet did Karl Marx write with Friedrich Engels in London in 1848?
What is, "The Communist Manifesto".
What is "Cartesian dualism" or "dualism".
What was the agreement between citizens and authoritarian ruler called in Hobbes' political theory?
What is a Social Contract.
True or False: The big mystery of Capitalism is why it took so long to be realized in Europe.
What is true.
What is it called when you take individual parts of something, put them together, and then create something that is more valuable than the individual parts?
What is "value adding".
What is the name of the working class according to Marx?
What are the proletariat.
What did Descartes introduce into his argument to be able to trust in the clear beliefs and experiences in his life?
What is God.
True or False: Hobbes believed in a strong democracy in order to maintain order in society.
What is false.
What major political event in England during the 17th century helped with deregulating markets and industries and thus promoted the rise of Capitalism?
What is The English Civil War.
Smith believed that humans had a natural propensity to truck and barter. What does this mean?
What is to trade with each other.
True or False: North Korea was the first country to embrace Marx's political philosophy.
What is False.
Hobbes thought that before civilization life was 'nasty, brutish, and short'. What did Hobbes call this time period prior to governments and societies to help keep order?
What is The State of Nature.
How did the lessening of scarcity contribute to the rise of Capitalism?
What is, with more goods, people had more time for leisure and invention. They could afford to be entrepreneurs instead of just trying not to starve.
Smith advocated for a model of production where individual workers would focus on a single task within a multi-step process, which led to greater efficiency in production. What did Smith call this practice?
What is the division of labor.
What owned all the capital in Marx's economic theory?
Who are the bourgeoisie.
Before Descartes came up with his method of doubt, where did most people derive their 'knowledge'?
What is The Church, rulers, and traditions.
Hobbes promoted a political system whereby the government is set up to protect the rights of its citizens. What is this called?
What is political liberalism.
Why is it said that the rise of Capitalism was as much a cultural as an economic phenomenon?
What is, because people changed their mindset and it was OK to want a better life.
What is the term Smith used to describe the way the free market would 'sort itself out' through supply and demand helping to fix prices, etc.?
What is The Invisible Hand of the market.
One criticism Marx had with capitalism is that the practice of specialization meant that workers were doing mundane, soul-sucking tasks all day and could no longer find meaning in their work. What term did Marx use to describe this?
What is the alienation of labor.