Article 1 Questions

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• PART B: Answer the following questions. Do NOT retype the question.  All answers must be complete sentences, not just fragments.
  

1. Explain the ancient Greek attitude about money.
   
2. Explain how the ancient Greeks viewed wealth.  (Wealth and money are not the same thing.  Money is a means of exchange.  Wealth is stored value, also called capital, and exists in the form of land, precious metals, inventory, knowledge, patents, copyrights, secret processes, etc.)
3. When, and how did the Greek ideas about trade, profit, and culture spread across much of the world.
4. Explain how the Roman people set up a government where the power and the profits were in the hands of the people of Rome.
5. Citizenship is still something precious, highly valued.  How did the ancient Romans feel about it?  What did it mean to the Romans?
6. How were the Roman Servile Wars relevant to us today?
7. Explain the main purpose of the Roman legions.
8. Explain how Rome changed from a republic (like the US) to an Empire.
9. Outline what happened to trade under the Imperial Roman Bureaucracy.
10. Who was Edward Gibbon?
11. Explain Gibbon's theory about the fall of Rome.
12. After Rome became Christian, what happened to their love of trade, ambition and expansion?
13. Every nation has founding fathers.  Who were some of the founding fathers of the United States?
14. Explain how the history of Greece and Rome effected the American founding fathers.
15. Who were Adam Smith, and David Hume?
16. Explain the influence of Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edward Gibbon on the American founding fathers.
17. Explain whether or not man currrently posseses a perfect understanding of the natural forces of Business.  (Give evidence.)
18. Who was John Nash, and what did he discover that was so shocking?
19. What does Nash's theory mean for people today?