WorksheetsColonialism, Mercantilism and Navigation Acts
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Taking control of an area and then sending citizens from your country to live there
Navigation Acts
Migration
Mercantilism
Colonization
A belief that a country’s security depended on selling more products than it bought (maintaining a positive trade balance); establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country
Navigation Acts
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
Imports
A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)
In: goods coming into a country
Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)
The specific laws passed by England to control the trade
Exports
A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)
In: goods coming into a country
Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)
The specific laws passed by England to control the trade
Farm crop raised be sold for money
Navigation
Mercantilism
Back Country
Cash Crop
A material or substance found in nature that can be used to sustain a society or exploited for economic gain, such as trees, minerals or living things.
Natural Resource
Charter
Mercantilism
Cash crop
What is a raw material?
A completed product
A resources used to make a product
What did the European countries do with the raw materials?
Turn them into finished products
Re-sell them to other Colonies
Re-sell them to other Countries
Trade them away
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
Navigation Acts
What was the goal of the Navigation Acts?
To loosen up restrictions on the colonies
To help people navigate the ocean
To regulate trade so Europe could make more profit
To sell the colonies to France
Which of these was an effect of the Navigation Acts on the colonies?
The colonies developed very little industry or manufacturing ability
The economy was thriving due to selling manufactured goods
A huge migration of humans took place
There was a decrease in population due to the slave trade
Which of these was an effect of the Navigation Acts on England?
The colonies developed very little industry or manufacturing ability
The economy was thriving due to selling manufactured goods
Smuggling became common to resist trade rules
There was a decrease in population due to the slave trade
Which group benefited the most from Mercantilism?
The colonies
Africa
England
