Question

31. The Corn Laws were laws that:

a. restricted the importation of foreign grain into Great Britain when grain prices were low

b. lowered British tariffs on foreign grain during famines

c. used government issued rations to control the distribution of grain in Britain during famines

d. prohibited the production of grain in Great Britain on ecologically fragile land

e. prohibited false whiskers or exploding cigars on the British stage

38. In the first edition of An Essay on Population, Malthus based his description of the potential growth of the population on data (however tenuous) from ________.

a. New England

b. the region near the University where he taught in England

c. the parts of Africa he visited as an employee of the Royal African Company

d. China

47. David Ricardo opposed:

a. free trade because of the long run disruption it would cause.

b. free trade because employment would drop in England in the absence of protection.

c. trade restrictions because they made the poor worse off.

d. trade restrictions because of their adverse effect on efficiency.

Answer 1

Answer.)

Q31.) a. restricted the importation of foreign grain into Great Britain when grain prices were low

The Corn Laws were tariffs and restrictions on imported food and grain ("corn") enforced in Great Britain between 1815 and 1846. They were designed to keep grain prices high to favor domestic producers.

Q38.) a. New England

Several hundred years ago Thomas Malthus, a British scholar, convinced English nobility that civilization had surpassed the Earth's carrying capacity and that famine was imminent.

Q47.) d. trade restrictions because of their adverse effect on efficiency.

Ricardo also opposed the protectionist Corn Laws, which restricted imports of wheat.