Origins of Empires Questionbank

They mandate that the state controls all production

They ensure that all goods are distributed equally

They coordinate production and consumption

They prevent cultural diffusion from occurring

They wait for government quotas to change

They exit the market to avoid risk

They may expand production or start new businesses

They reduce production to maintain high prices

Institutional effectiveness and predictable rules are often more significant for development success than the specific political label of a system.

The specific political label of a system, such as democracy or autocracy, is the only reliable predictor of a country's economic growth rate.

Predictable rules and effective institutions can only be established and maintained within a Western-style liberal democratic framework.

The political label of a state is more important than institutional quality because it determines the level of foreign direct investment received.

Values

Purpose

Limitations

Origin

Force Concentration

Speed

Internal Control

Sustainability

To find new grazing lands for their growing camel populations

To secure resources like wood and gold to pay for the military system

To fulfill a diplomatic alliance with the Hyksos rulers

To spread the Egyptian religion to neighboring lands

Large public budgets are easily captured by corruption in weak states

Market-based policies are always easier to implement in any context

Weak states are prohibited by international law from spending money

The poor are better served by private markets when the state is weak

Ideology is only personal, while a driver is only institutional

Ideology is a single law, while a driver is a collection of norms

There is no distinction; the text uses them interchangeably

Ideology is a structured set of ideas explaining how society should work, while a driver is the framework that influences behavior

Consumers use their limited budgets to try to satisfy their various wants and needs.

Consumers possess unlimited resources, allowing them to satisfy all of their wants and needs.

Consumers rely on central planning by the government to satisfy their wants and needs.

Consumers prioritize the needs of the state over their own personal wants and needs.

True

False

True, but only if the legal system is based on common law

False, because secularism requires the total removal of all religious history from the law