- According to Deirdre McCloskey, why do some of the traditional explanations for Western prosperity fail, and what in her view is the major, unique ingredient that accounts for it? According to Deirdre McCloskey, the wealth in the west was not from hard working people. Rather it was from Entrepreneurs making deals with contractors and merchants.
- What were the major principles guiding the diplomats at the Congress of Vienna? After the French Revolution, the congress was kind to France and allowed them to recover. They eventually let them back into the European society as well.
- What were the Carlsbad Decrees? They were regulations against the German Confederacy. It was discussed that university teachers could be fired, and that they had control over the press.