Economic Quiz 2 Flashcards
Who wrote guns, germs and steel?
Jared diamond
What does autarky mean?
Self sufficiency for a nation and independence
What is meant by furher-prinzip
The leader is the embodiment of the state
What are characteristics of totalitarianism
State and leader worshiped, state controls all aspects of a citizens life, state is militaristic and imperialistic, non-democratic rights of the state come first
Which French socialist influenced Mussolini’s ideas
George sorel
What are the similarities in the rise of both Fascists in Italy and Nazis in Germany?
Suffering economic distress, felt bitter about the outcome of the WW1, neither had a history of great faith in parliamentary democracy, both used parliamentary system to end democracy
What was the name of the para-military units of the Fascists party
Squadristi
The introduction of agriculture had the following consequences
Big increase in levels of production, production of surpluses and the resulting introduction of storage and preservation methods, introduction of new technologies in building homes, tools, storage, increased specialization and the introduction of new roles and occupations
What was the approximate size of the population of the Roman Empire
100 million
Truth about the Roman Empire
1/4- 1/3 of the population of Rome were slaves, it was 10 times the size of Italy today, lasted from 31BCE- 476BCE, in one 70 year period it was ruled by 29 emperors.
Fall of Rome
Too big, no industrial base, huge army, increasingly difficult to administer.
Sparta slaves were called?
Herlots
Papa New Guinea gathered and harvested what?
Gathered Sago
Harvested taro
Totalitarianism
Absolute control of a nation by an autocratic government. Or dictatorship.
14 big mammals
Horse, cow, pigs, goats and sheep
