According to the map, which commodity flowed from North America to Europe in the triangular trade?

Answer: Rum, fish, and lumber New England colonies shipped rum, dried fish, and lumber to European markets, while the Middle Passage carried enslaved Africans westward and manufactured goods went south to Africa.

Which feature of the mercantilist system is best illustrated by the diagram?

Answer: Colonies supplied raw materials and purchased British manufactured goods The arrows show colonies sending raw materials and importing British manufactures, with the Navigation Acts enforcing this complementary, regulated relationship.

The Middle Passage refers to

Answer: The brutal journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas Mortality on these voyages averaged 15-20%; conditions were horrific.

AP US History · Topic 2.4

Transatlantic Trade Practice

Part of Period 2: 1607–1754.

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Sample 1difficulty 3/5
$According to the map, which commodity flowed from North America to Europe in the triangular trade?$
- A
  $Rum, fish, and lumber$
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- B
  $Spanish silver bullion$
- C
  $Enslaved Africans$
- D
  $Manufactured firearms$
Why
$New England colonies shipped rum, dried fish, and lumber to European markets, while the Middle Passage carried enslaved Africans westward and manufactured goods went south to Africa.$
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Sample 2difficulty 3/5
$Which feature of the mercantilist system is best illustrated by the diagram?$
- A
  $Colonial currency replaced British sterling in Atlantic trade$
- B
  $Colonies were free to trade independently with any European nation$
- C
  $Colonies supplied raw materials and purchased British manufactured goods$
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- D
  $Britain produced raw materials for colonial factories$
Why
$The arrows show colonies sending raw materials and importing British manufactures, with the Navigation Acts enforcing this complementary, regulated relationship.$
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Sample 3difficulty 3/5
$The Middle Passage refers to$
- A
  $A diplomatic treaty between Britain and African coastal kingdoms$
- B
  $The shipping route through the Caribbean used by Spanish silver fleets$
- C
  $An Atlantic ocean current carrying ships from Africa to the Americas$
- D
  $The brutal journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas$
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Why
$Mortality on these voyages averaged 15-20%; conditions were horrific.$
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Sample 4difficulty 4/5
$Mercantilism held that$
- A
  $Free trade and open markets benefit all nations, with colonies acting as equal partners$
- B
  $Private property is unimportant, with the state owning all land and means of production$
- C
  $A nation's wealth came from accumulating gold and silver, with colonies providing raw materials and markets$
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- D
  $Religion drives economic life, with church tithes forming the basis of national wealth$
Why
$Britain enforced mercantilism through Navigation Acts that restricted colonial trade.$
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Sample 5difficulty 4/5
$The triangular trade involved$
- A
  $Trade among three British colonies (Massachusetts, Virginia, South Carolina) exchanging fish, tobacco, rice, and timber with one another$
- B
  $Trade among three European nations (Britain, France, Spain) exchanging luxury goods, textiles, weapons, and bullion across the Atlantic$
- C
  $A formal treaty between Britain, Portugal, and the Netherlands setting tariff rules and shipping rights for Atlantic commerce$
- D
  $Goods (rum, manufactured items) from the colonies/Europe to Africa, enslaved Africans to the Americas, and raw materials (sugar, tobacco) back$
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Why
$The Atlantic slave trade was central to colonial economies.$
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