Bonds 2 Jeopardy Template

The Misuse of Bonds	War	Miscellaneous	The Origins of Bonds
100 Inflation (hyperinflation counts too) Between 1870 and 1930, Argentina’s economy flourished. This quantitative measure was the cause of Argentina’s economic downfall in the 1970s and 80s	100 France and Britain The Battle of Waterloo was between these two countries	100 A political phenomenon Hyperinflation is specifically this type of phenomenon	100 Northern Italy The concept of bonds originated from this specific part of a country in Europe
200 The Battle of Waterloo ended the Napoleonic Wars, making their gold less valuable The Rothschilds' investment major investment in gold ended up a horrible decision because of this reason	200 Gold The Rothschilds great investment in this precious metal caused their family to face many ups and downs in wealth due to the outcomes of war	200 Around 40% In 1817, Nathan Rothschild finally sold his 1815 purchase of British Government bonds for a profit around this percentage	200 Judaism The Rothschilds' collective fidelity to this specific faith strengthened their sense of family and common identity
300 Price stability / Paper (both answers work) Argentina’s economy ultimately collapsed because there was none of this	300 By betting big on British government bonds and buying a huge amount of them After falsely predicting the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo, Nathan Rothschild responded by doing this	300 18 trillion According to the text, this is currently the total value of internationally traded bonds (to the nearest trillion)	300 They established a capital base and a great information network The Rothschilds did these two things to serve as dominant players in the London Bond Market and achieve more than their rivals (name one)
400 With the South’s main port in Union hands, any investor who wanted to get hold of Southern cotton had to run the Union’s naval blockade not once but twice, in and out. This caused British investors to lose faith in cotton-backed bonds and forced them to print unbacked paper dollars. The fall of New Orleans in 1862 was the real turning point in the American civil war. Explain why the Confederate Army’s loss of New Orlean’s to the union caused them great hardship	400 An Embargo To ratchet up the pressure on Britain to side with them in the Civil War, the Confederacy decided to impose this on all cotton exports to Liverpool	400 1. Many of the items we buy, from clothes to computers, have gotten cheaper as a result of technological innovation and the production of numerous goods relocating to low-wage economies in Asia. 2. A worldwide transformation in monetary policy, which began with the monetarist-inspired increases in short-term rates implemented by the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve in the late 1970s and early 1980s 3. Central bank independence in the 1990s Inflation in modern society has lowered because of these three concepts according to the text (name one)	400 Highly liquid Government consols, a type of bond, were this finance term in London by the mid-18th century, which made them attractive to foreign investors

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