
Mercantilism
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8th Grade
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1.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Match the following
revolution
the lawmaking body of British government
enforce
to rise up against a government; a dramatic change
smuggle
an economic theory that held that colonies helped a country become wealthy by providing raw materials
and markets for goods produced in the home country
Mercantilism
to carry in or bring out in a secret way
Parliament
to make people obey a rule or law
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Which practice was characteristic of mercantilism?
buying raw materials from colonists and selling them finished goods
prohibiting colonists from fishing and trading in furs
shipping large amounts of gold and silver from Europe to the colonies
increasing the use of slave labor to manufacture goods in Europe
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
According to the theory of mercantilism, the principal purpose of the thirteen American colonies was to provide Great Britain with —
naval bases
raw materials and markets
manufactured goods
military recruits
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The economic system illustrated by this cartoon was opposed by later American colonists because it —
supported colonial manufacturing
took gold and silver from American mines
required colonists to sell their raw materials to and buy their finished goods from England
prohibited colonists from fishing or trading in furs
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
In the 1760s, the British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it -
placed quotas on immigration
discouraged the export of raw materials to England
placed restrictions on colonial trade
encouraged colonial manufacturing
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
The policy of mercantilism is best described as the idea that
colonies should be self-sufficient (independent) economically, and free to trade with anyone else
government regulation is harmful to a country's economic growth
economic prosperity for the ruling country can only be achieved through naval superiority
colonies should buy goods from and sell materials to the ruling country
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
A series of laws passed by the English Parliament in the 1650s that established rules for trade between England and its colonies (2)
Triangular Trade
Mercantilism
Colonization
Navigation Acts
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