Preview (20 questions)
1 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Spain starts extracting silver from the mines in ______ in Potosi.


1455

1545

1569

2 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The discovery of William Petty's Treatise of taxes and contributions.


1600

1656

1662

3 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The creation of the first central bank.


1614

1668

1689

4 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The South Sea Bubble in Great Britain was discovered in ______.


1720

1700

1694

5 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The controversy between Bodin and Malestroit was started in ________ in France.


1499

1568

1616

6 Question
30 seconds
Q.

When did Sweden issue its first bearer notes redeemable for cash?


1752

1711

1661

7 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The promulgation of the Le Chapelier Law in France.


1791

1800

1846

8 Question
30 seconds
Q.

When was the New York Stock Exchange created?


1687

1792

1888

9 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In _______, Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Banque de France.


1800

1898

1764

10 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act is signed by President Clinton in _____.


1907

1990

1996

11 Question
30 seconds
Q.

When did the revolt of the Luddites in the United Kingdom start?


1811

1800

1754

12 Question
30 seconds
Q.

When was the beginning of a period of free trade started?


1689

1846

1990

13 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The Korean War creates prospects of additional government deficits and the issuance of new government debt.


1901

1942

1951

14 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Ronald Reagan advocates supply-side economics in the year _______.


1981

1975

1957

15 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The first industrial oil drilling happened in _____.


1850

1859

1900

16 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The launch of the first cheques in France.


1865

1860

1777

17 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The Suez Canal was opened in the year ______.


1789

1900

1869

18 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange happened in Austria in _____.


1800

1805

1873

19 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Antitrust Act in the United States.


1890

1867

1818

20 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The Gold Exchange Standard got set up in the year ______.


1900

1922

1995