Triangle Trade and Mercantilism Quiz

What is the significance Mayflower Compact?

• It was a treaty between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims.
• It was a document that declared independence from England.
• It was the first agreement for self-government in America

• It was a religious text that outlined the beliefs of the Pilgrims.

What is the definition of an export?

• things that people buy from other countries instead of buying things made in their own country.

• An economic system focused on keeping as much gold as possible by exporting more things than importing things.

• things that are made in one country and sold to people in other countries.

What is the definition of an Import?

• things that people buy from other countries instead of buying things made in their own country.

• An economic system focused on keeping as much gold as possible by exporting more things than importing things.

• things that are made in one country and sold to people in other countries.

What is the definition of Economic system of Mercantilism?

• things that people buy from other countries instead of buying things made in their own country.

• An economic system focused on keeping as much gold as possible by exporting more things than importing things.

• things that are made in one country and sold to people in other countries.

Describe the living conditions of Enslaved Africans with two adjectives

What was the triangular trade?

• things that people buy from other countries instead of buying things made in their own country.

• things that are made in one country and sold to people in other countries.

• An economic system focused on keeping as much gold as possible by exporting more things than importing things.

• The trade of slaves for manufactured goods(Cookies), the trade of slaves to grow raw materials(Sugar), and the sale of raw materials to make manufactured goods(Molasses) between Africa, Europe and Americas

  
  

What percentage of Enslaved Africans were sent to the USA?

• 5%

• 95%

• 70%

• 50%

What percentage of Enslaved Africans were kidnapped on British and American vessels?

• 40%

• 5%

• 97%

• 35%

How many days did it take a ship hauling Enslaved Africans to go from West Africa to the West Indies?

• 30 days

• 1-2 weeks
• 80 days

• 1-2 days

What is indentured servitude?

• A labor system where a person agrees to work for 7 years as a trade for paying for their trip to America

• A form of slavery where individuals are bought and sold as property.
• A system where workers are paid based on the amount of work they complete.
• A type of employment where workers are given shares of the company's profits.