Although large-scale manufacturing was not characteristic of colonial economic activity, ___________ was an important exception.   a.  steel production   b.  shipbuilding   c.  cotton textile production   d.  fish canning

(02.03 MC)When you are eating dinner with your family, which type of neuron allows you to reach out to scoop yourself more potatoes or grasp your glass of water and lift it to your mouth to take a drink?

Which of the following responsibilities did the Constitution not give to the federal government?    a.  The right to set laws on patents.    b.  The sole right to mint coins.    c.  The right to establish post offices.   d.  The right to tax income.

(03.05 MC)A group of 50 college students volunteered for a study. The participants were randomly assigned to either the control group (quiet room) and the experimental group (noisy room). The participants in both groups were given a list of 50 words to memorize over a 10-minute period. Following a 15-minute break, all participants were asked to write down as many words as they could remember. The results of the study are presented in the table. Condition Average number of words recalled Control (quiet room) 38 Experimental (noisy room) 23 What is the independent variable in this scenario?

Residents of the developing American colonies lived _______ lives compared to people living in the advanced countries of that time because ________.   a.  better; of favorable protections from England   b.  better; of high levels of output per worker.   c.  worse; of unfavorable taxation   d.  worse; of the inaccessibility of both capital and finished machine goods.

If a product exhibits decreasing returns to scale, then the average cost of making the product will ______ as a company produces more of it?    a.  Increase.   b.  Decrease.   c.  Remain the same.   d.  There is insufficient information provided to ANSWER the question.

In the early decades of the 18th century, English goods sold for as much as 80 to 140 percent more in the colonies than in England primarily due to    a.  high tariffs on English goods imported to the colonies.   b.  a limited supply of English goods available for shipment to the colonies.   c.  high transportation costs for goods shipped from England to the colonies.   d.  legally established price floors on English goods sold in the colonies.

In the 18th century, Southern tobacco planters found that the use of ____________ was economical once the plantation reached a certain size.   a.  horses   b.  a plantation manager   c.  indentured servants   d.  an iron plow

Under the British Navigation Acts, enumerated goods were a list of colonial _______.   a.  exports showing how dependent the British were on the colonies.   b.  imports showing how dependent the colonies were on Britain.   c.  exports that had to be shipped through British middlemen.   d.  exports that were reserved for the crown.

Mercantilists wanted a favorable balance of trade, by which they meant   a.  exports = imports.   b.  exports > imports.   c.  exports < imports.   d.  To import nothing from the colonies.