Seventeenth Century Economic and Political Concepts

A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century was called?

• Mercantilism

• Triangular trade

• Middle Passage

• Bureaucracy

Who is known for conquering others and a desire for glory and riches?

A body of nonelective government officials is called a?

• Bureaucracy

• Mercantilism

• Balance of trade

• Colony

What is the route between Europe, Africa, and America called?

Many Africans were removed from their homes and shipped to large landed estates in the Americas called Plantations/Colonies (Circle one)?

• Plantations

• Colonies

What is balance of trade?

A settlement in a new territory, linked to the parent country, is called a ______?

What are mainland states?

What did the Europeans want from the East?

Why were European diseases devastating to the peoples of America?