Mercantilism

Mercantilism

8th Grade

19 Qs

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Mercantilism

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Match the following

revolution

to make people obey a rule or law

Parliament

to rise up against a government; a dramatic change

enforce

to carry in or bring out in a secret way

Mercantilism

the lawmaking body of British government

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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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

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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

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