Mastery Check 10 (used in test 4)

Drag the following labels to complete the diagram of mercantilism:

a

b

Raw Materials

Middle Passage

Manufactured Goods

Slaves

Independence

The mercantilist system held that colonies exist for the economic benefit of the mother country. The mother nation should draw ​ (a)   , at ​ (b)   , from its colonial possessions and sell them ​ (c)   at ​ (d)   , with the balance favoring the mother country.

• raw materials
• low prices
• manufactured goods
• high prices

The preamble to the Declaration of Independence includes "the most famous sentence written in the English language." Which of the following quotes are from that sentence? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• "all men are created equal"

• "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

• "we the people"

• "freedom of speech"

Which of the following terms mean that a nation has the power to govern itself, free from control from other nations? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

• INDEPENDENCE

• SOVEREIGNTY

• AUTONOMY

• GRIEVANCE

"The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the United States. On ​ (a)   , the Continental Congress of the British colonies in North America adopted the declaration at Independence Hall in ​ (b)   . ​ (c)   was the main author, but a few changes were made by other members of the committee."

• July 4, 1776
• July 2, 1776
• Philadelphia
• Boston 
• Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin

During the 1600s and 1700s, the fundamental goal of British mercantilism was to

• prohibit all exports of raw materials from the colonies
• encourage economic competition with the American colonies
•  develop manufacturing within the colonies 
• maintain a favorable balance of trade for Great Britain with its colonies

Fill in the blank:

"English philosopher John Locke argued that all people naturally possess certain natural rights, the chief being life, liberty, and ________."

Drag and drop answers to fill in the blanks:

“We hold these truths to be self ​ (a)   . That all men are created equal, that they are ​ (b)   by their creator with certain ​ (c)   rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are ​ (d)   among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the ​ (e)   .”

• evident
• endowed
• unalienable
• instituted
• governed

Match the following definitions and words from the Declaration of Independence:

• Inalienable

• Can't be taken away

• self-evident

• Started or put in place

• Instituted

• Not needing to be explained 

• endowed

• Provided with

"That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

According to the Declaration, where does the power of government to rule come from?

• The permission of and from the people

• From Kings' right to rule over their subjects

• From fear and violent force

• From the threat of punishment, coercion