Triangle Trade / Mercantilism

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Goods sold to other countries

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export

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Goods brought in from other countries

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import

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A person who makes money by selling goods.

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merchant

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A system in which the king tried to increase his nation's wealth by having colonies only trade with the mother country.

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mercantilism

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3 sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa; included the slave trade

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triangular trade

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Combining raw materials and processed goods into finished products

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manufacturing

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The impact of mercantilism was that

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The Mother Country grew wealthy

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Raw materials are used to make the things we make ourselves or buy in stores. Those things are:___________.

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manufactured goods

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Land the mother country takes in a distant place and uses to make money for itself is a _____________.

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colony

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Based on the political cartoon, how does mercantilism benefit the mother country? Options: The mother country always has something to eat., The mother country can get rich from the colonies., The colonies provide everything to the mother country.

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The colonies provide everything to the mother country.