- culturally and genetically - to make modern growth possible? All technological advance before 1800 simply increased the size of the human population. Using the Malthusian model, explain why. Considering the events of the Industrial Revolution, explain why this is one of the great mysteries of human history- Interest rates were very high in early societies. For example in 13th century England they were 10-12%. Explain why this seems to imply that people in early societies were just more impatient than those by 1800. Answers will receive extra credit for being well organized, coherent, and grammatical, and for using specific factual historical examples. Why might the long era of settled agriculture under Malthusian conditions have changed people - culturally and genetically - to make modern growth possible? (Good answers will both give the logic and the empirical evidence for this claim ) Why is the Industrial Revolution in England so hard, even now, to explain? (Answers will receive extra credit for being well organized, coherent, and grammatical, and for using specific factual historical examples. An "Industrious Revolution" seems to have occurred between the hunter gatherer era and societies such as England in 1800 . Explain the effect of this on living standards , using the Malthusian Model. What forces might explain why this occurred? There are three types of theories of the Industrial Revolution. What are they and what are the strengths and weaknesses of each? Explain the connection between Malthus and Darwin . Is there any evidence of Darwinian selection in the pre - industrial world ? Is is plausible that low rates of technological advance before 1800 were explained by poor economic institutions