After reading Governor Bradford's account, which is the most accurate statement, given his experience?
a. He considered the problems in the colony to be rooted in the sine and corruption of selfishness.
b. He agreed with Plato that goods held in a commone wealth would make the people happy and flourishing.
c. That assigning private plots of land made all hands very industrious.
d. That assigning private plots of land for this communitie caused much confusion and discontent.
Question 2The term tragedy of the commons describes:
a. how communal ownership of property leads to overuse and speedy exhaustion of resources.
b. the very difficult circumstances that the every-day citizens faced when the first arrived in colonial America.
c. how collective ownership of property produces a greater incentive for people to shirk, or work less than they otherwise would.
d. how establishing governments was very difficult in the initial settlements.
Question 3Suppose 10 workers jointly own and farm a piece of land. They all consume the farm's output in equal shares. If one worker decides to shirk and cuts her labor effort by 50 percent,
a. her consumption will decrease by 50 percent.
b. her consumption will decrease by greater than 50 percent.
c. her consumption will decrease by less than 50 percent.
d. her consumption will not change.
Question 4A student is working on a group class-project where the same grade is assigned to everyone in the group. He chooses to not contribute to the project. What term best describes this situation?
a. Moral hazard
b. Tragedy of the Commons
c. Public good problem
d. Free Rider Problem
Question 5The term free rider
a. refers to the reduction of incentives for an individual to provide effort.
b. describes the privatization of goods and property.
c. refers to a situation in which resources are overused and quickly exhausted.
d. describes people who did not pay for their ship travel to the colonial US because their relatives would pay their fares once they arrived.
Question 6The racial profile of colonial South Carolina:
a. was typical of the colonies as a whole.
b. was closer to that of the French and British West Indies than to that of its neighboring colonies.
c. was dominated by whites until nearly 1750.
d. indicates that it had a higher concentration of blacks than any colony except Virginia.
Question 7According to the text, studies of 18th century colonial demographics indicate that, compared to Europe,
a. the birthrate in the colonies was lower.
b. women in the colonies tended to marry later in life.
c. the child mortality rate in the colonies was lower.
d. average life expectancy for males in the colonies was lower.
e. All of the above.
Question 8Studies of 18th century colonial demographics indicate that
a. the population growth rate of blacks was similar to that of whites.
b. migration was the main reason for the growth in the black population.
c. the death rate of blacks were much higher than the death rate of whites.
d. the birthrate of blacks was much lower than the birthrate of whites.
Question 9From 1700-1780, the colonial population increased at a rate of approximately 3 percent per year. This rapid population growth was primarily due to
a. immigration from England.
b. immigration from central Europe.
c. higher birth rates in the colonies than in Europe.
d. importation of slaves from Africa.
Question 10By the early 1700s, slavery had become concentrated in the southern colonies. Economic factors that explain this demographic trend include all of the following except
a. the South's use of the primogeniture system.
b. economies of scale available in the production of the South's primary crops.
c. a climate that allowed for year-round agricultural production.
d. early laws that prohibited slavery in most of the New England and Middle colonies.
Question 11People from which nation in Europe were most likely to come to colonial North America as redemptioners?
a. Italy.
b. Holland.
c. Germany.
d. France.
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