Mercantalism

A group of people who settle in a new land but keep their ties to their homeland can BEEST be referred to as a

• colony
• region
• province
• state

Mercantilism can BEST be described as

• economic trade policy in which a country exports more than it imports in order to create a favorable balance of trade

• religious policy in which European countries established missions in the New World

• alliance system used by European nations to maintain peace with the Native Americans of the New World

• political structure implemented by European nations that divided society into a very rigid class system of haves and have nots

According to the economic policy of mercantilism, select the role of the colony.

• provide raw materials

• provide natural resources

• exert governmental control over the mother country

• serve as a market for manufactured goods

According to the economic policy of mercantilism, European nations desired to increase their wealth, power and prestige by

• establishing colonies in the New World

• buying imports from their rival nations

• isolating themselves from the rest of the world

• ALL answer choices

According to the policy of mercantilism, was Georgia the mother country or the colony?

• colony
• mother country

The colonies shipped ________ ___________ back to England.

• raw materials

• finished goods

• enslaved peoples

• contraband exports

As a result of Triangular Trade the Southern Region's economy relied on...

• Food crops

• Ship building

• Cash crops

• Livestock

Mercantilism was LOVED by the colonists because it gave them a stable market to trade with.

• True

• False

What was the name of the voyage that brought slaves over to the New World?

• The Middle Passage

• The First Passage

• The Second Passage

• The Final Passage

The term "mother country" refers to...

• the country of indigenous people

• the country importing (receiving) manufactured goods

• the country using its colonies for profit

• the land being colonized