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A) Using outdated statistical models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