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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is mercantilism?
A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
Wars that start over money.
Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.
- 2. Multiple Choice
True or False? Great Britain wanted to create wealth by importing more goods than it exported.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which term means a good to sold another country?
Import
Export
- 4. Multiple Choice
EXPORTS of the 13 colonies included:
Manufactured goods
Raw Materials
Slaves
Gold
- 5. Multiple Choice
The impact of mercantilism was that
The rate of slavery in the Americas went down
Trade was limited in the Atlantic
The Colony grew wealthy
The Mother Country grew wealthy
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWood, water, bricks, corn - are all from the earth. These are called: ____________.finished productsmercantilismplantsraw materials
- 7. Multiple Choice
Raw materials are used to make the things we make ourselves or buy in stores. Those things are:___________.
raw materials
manufactured goods
natural resources
from the earth
- 8. Multiple ChoiceLand the mother country takes in a distant place and uses to make money for itself is a _____________.mercantilismconversioncolonycity
- 9. Multiple ChoiceBased on the political cartoon, how does mercantilism benefit the mother country?The mother country always has something to eat.The mother country can get rich from the colonies.The colonies provide everything to the mother country.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Mercantilism is when
Raw materials were bought cheaply by the colony and sold as refined materials to the 'Mother Country'
Raw materials were bought cheaply by the 'Mother Country' and sold as refined materials to the colony
When merchants sold their goods for high prices to working class citizens
When working class citizens were forced to sell their products to make profits
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn this economic system, a mother country gained wealth by...allowing competition in the marketplacegiving colonist political and religious freedomcarefully controlling tradeparticipating in the Great Awakening
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False? Great Britain wanted to create wealth by importing more goods than it exported.TrueFalse
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe concept of mercantilism is connected to which one of the three "G"s?GodGloryGold
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIn the following pairing, which country represented the "mother country:" England received goods from the thirteen colonies.England13 colonies
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA favorable balance of trade is achieved when:You import and export the same amount.You export more than you importYou import more than you export
- 16. Multiple Choice
IMPORTS to the colonies from ENGLAND included
Manufactured goods/Finished products
Slaves
Gold
Sugar Cane
- 17. Multiple Choice
What did the British IMPORT from the colonies?
Raw materials
Finished Goods
Gold
Slaves
- 18. Multiple Choice
Mercantilism benefited the 13 colonies, but limited trade for the English.
True
False
- 19. Multiple Choicein Mercantilism the colony makes (1)____ which the mother country turns into (2)___(1) technologies (2) raw materials(1) raw materials (2) finished products(1) finished products (2) raw materials(1) raw materials (2) technologies
- 20. Multiple Choice
What does Mr. Erenberg say after you tell him your name (after he asked you for the umpteenth time)?
That's a nice name.
I just wanted to see if YOU knew.
Wait, don't tell me. I just remembered!
Why are you telling me your name??
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