Which of the Following CANNOT Be Associated with the Agricultural

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with the agricultural crisis of the late Republic?

• A)Latifundia, worked by slaves, squeezed out the peasantry.
• B)Egyptian grain undermined Roman agricultural prices.
• C)Prolonged warfare in Italy had destroyed numerous farms.
• D)Wars had forced Rome's farmer-soldiers to seriously neglect their farms.
• E)The agricultural crisis created a vast poor, alienated, and embittered class.

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Definitions:

Inflationary Price Increase

A rise in prices across an economy, often due to an increase in the money supply or demand outstripping supply, reducing the purchasing power of money.

Ending Inventory

The value of goods available for sale at the end of an accounting period, calculated as the beginning inventory plus purchases minus cost of goods sold.

Fixed Cost Per Unit

The total fixed costs divided by the number of units produced, representing the cost allocated to each unit.

Absorption Costing

A bookkeeping approach that incorporates all costs associated with production, including direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overhead expenses, into a product's cost.