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24 Cards in this Set
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law of diminishing returns
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each new worker adds less than the one before it
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malthusian trap
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population rising faster than the food supply
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extensive agriculture
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add to food supply by adding land, not technology
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intensive agriculture
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use technology to get more per acre
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commutation
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labor dues to the lord replaced with money dues
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1300-1500
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things go backward
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1000-1500
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little net change
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1347
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black death started
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black death
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bubonic plague
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humors
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blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
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blood
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from the heart- hot and moist
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phlegm
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from the brain-cold and moist
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yellow bile
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from the liver- hot and dry
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black bile
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from the spleen- cold and dry
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George Washington
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died of blood letting- early 1800's
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planet theory
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conjunction of the planets affected earth's atmosphere, affected humors- some areas hit harder by rays from planets
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environmental theory
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earthquake somewhere that released fumes
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flagellants
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excercising sins- beat themselves
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John Snow
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solved cholera scare in London in 1854
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mercantilist era
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1500-1800
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oconomiks
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economics during mercantilist era
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positive
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analytical
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normative
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should question
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mercantilist economic policy
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exports greater than imports
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