The Great Divergence (book) - Quiz
  • 1. In what year was The Great Divergence published?
A) 2000
B) 2002
C) 1998
D) 2005
  • 2. Who is the author of The Great Divergence?
A) Kenneth Pomeranz
B) Prasannan Parthasarathi
C) Max Weber
D) Princeton University
  • 3. According to Pomeranz, when did Western Europe begin to move ahead of Asia?
A) During the mid-19th century
B) After 1800
C) Before 1700
D) In the early 18th century
  • 4. Which specific Asian region does Pomeranz compare to Western Europe?
A) The Yellow River Valley
B) The Yangtze Delta
C) The Sichuan Basin
D) The Pearl River Delta
  • 5. What two factors does Pomeranz credit for Western Europe's move ahead of Asia?
A) Coal and colonial possessions
B) Steam engines and democracy
C) Maritime laws and textile trade
D) Protestant ethics and banking
  • 6. Which prize did the book win in 2000?
A) National Book Award
B) Nobel Prize
C) John K. Fairbank Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 7. The book is associated with which school of economic history?
A) Austrian School
B) Chicago School
C) Frankfurt School
D) California School
  • 8. Which thinker is mentioned as representing Euro-centric arguments of the 1900s?
A) Adam Smith
B) Max Weber
C) David Ricardo
D) Karl Marx
  • 9. What did Prasannan Parthasarathi specifically praise in his review?
A) Ecological and labor data
B) Biographical details of inventors
C) Analysis of military strategies
D) Political theories of imperialism
  • 10. What did Parthasarathi critique regarding Pomeranz's argument?
A) The dismissal of colonial influence
B) The emphasis on ecological factors
C) The lack of data on trade
D) The focus on the Yangtze Delta
  • 11. What evidence did Parthasarathi use to challenge the ecological limit theory?
A) Declining coal production
B) Steady charcoal prices
C) High agricultural output
D) Rising labor costs
  • 12. According to Parthasarathi, what was a key driver in the reliance on coal?
A) Government regulations
B) Mass immigration
C) Warfare
D) Technological innovations
  • 13. Which book by Max Weber is cited as a representative of Euro-centric arguments?
A) General Economic History
B) The Sociology of Religion
C) Economy and Society
D) The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
  • 14. What did Parthasarathi praise Pomeranz for avoiding?
A) Using outdated statistical models
B) Overstating the role of Britain
C) Ignoring Asian trade routes
D) Projecting 19th-century decline into the 18th century
  • 15. Who published The Great Divergence?
A) Cambridge University Press
B) Harvard University Press
C) Princeton University Press
D) Oxford University Press
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