Mercantilism and Triangle Trade

The part of the Triangular Trade used to transport slaves from Africa to the West Indies and the 13 colonies was called...

• The Slave Journey
• The Middle Passage
• The Northwest Passage 

What was the economic system used by Great Britain in which colonies were established in the Americas?

• Free enterprise
• Mercantilism
• Mixed economy
• Command economy

In this economic system, a mother country gained wealth by...

• allowing competition in the marketplace
• giving colonist political and religious freedom
• carefully controlling trade
• participating in the Great Awakening

The laws passed in Great Britain to control trade were called...

• The Act of Toleration
• The Magna Carta
• The English Bill of Rights
• The Navigation Acts

The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the West Indies and Africa was called...

• Salutary or Benign Neglect
• Mercantilism 
• Triangular Trade
• Navigation Acts

What is the Middle Passage?

• The route taken by slaves to the New World.
• The route taken by raw materials to Europe.
• The route taken by refined materials to the New World.
• The route taken by refined materials to Africa.

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

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

What products came out of England to supply its colonies?

• Timber and Furs
• Rum and Guns
• Manufactured Goods
• Slaves and Ships

Mercantilism can best be described as what?

• the idea that a colony should be self sufficient and able to provide for itself
• the idea that a nation needs to strongly equip its colonies to defend itself in case of foreign attack
• the idea that the religion of a colony should differ from the religion of the mother country
• the idea that a nation�s power is related to its wealth and needs a favorable balance of trade with its colonies