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WorksheetsColonization Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the name of the economic theory that states in order to increase wealth and power, a country must have a favorable balance of trade?
Proprietary
Mercantilism
Charter
Which type of colony was completely independent of the British crown?
Royal colony
Proprietary colony
Charter colony
Which type of colony was governed by individuals but had to provide political favors to the British crown?
Royal colony
Proprietary colony
Charter colony
Which type of colony was under total control of the British crown?
Royal colony
Proprietary colony
Charter colony
Group of shareholders who funded the colonists voyages. They expected a return on their money
Joint-stock companies
Monarchy
Settlers
Goods brought into a country from another country.
Exports
Imports
Profit
Goods produced in a country and sent out to another country.
Exports
Imports
Profit
An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
Middle Passage
Columbian Exchange
Atlantic passage
Pacific passage
A crop raised and sold for money (examples: cotton, tobacoo, indigo)
Food crops
Meal crops
Cash crops
Something that drives people away from a place (bad)
Pull factor
Push factor
Opportunity
Profit
Something that draws people to a new location (good)
Pull factor
Push factor
War
Famine
A group of people leave their homeland to settle in a new land but are still connected to the parent nation
Colonization
Imperialism
Mercantilism
Middle Passage
What was the trading system between the Americas, England and Africa called?
Middle Passage
West Indies Trade
Virginia Company
Triangle Trade
The money left over after all costs have been paid
Push/Pull factors
Charter
Profit
Debt
This is part of the Triangular Trade. A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America.
Joint-Stock Companies
Imperialism
Charter
Middle Passage
