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Question 1

Parliament

Answer 1

England’s bicameral (two-house) legislature (lawmaking body) made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister is in charge of Parliament

Question 2

Great Britain

Answer 2

An island made up of the countries of England, Wales, and Scotland.

Question 3

United Kingdom

Answer 3

Great Britain and Ireland (at this time).

Question 4

Mercantilism

Answer 4

A system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade. England controlled the colonies for wealth.

Question 5

Imports

Answer 5

Goods brought into a country; a country gains wealth if it has fewer imports than exports.

Question 6

Exports

Answer 6

Goods sold to other countries; a country gains wealth if it has more exports than imports.

Question 7

Duties

Answer 7

Taxes added to imported items

Question 8

Smuggling

Answer 8

Illegal trading of goods

Question 9

Navigation Act of 1660

Answer 9

Parliament passed a series of acts that forbade colonists from trading specific items such as sugar and cotton with any country other than England; colonists also were forced to use English ships.

Question 10

Molasses Act of 173

Answer 10

Parliament passed an act which placed duties on sugar, molasses, and rum; British officials rarely carried out this law.

Question 11

Free Enterprise

Answer 11

Business conducted with little or no interference from the government

Question 12

Raw Materials

Answer 12

Unfinished or unprocessed goods (leather, wood)

Question 13

Manufactured Goods

Answer 13

Finished or processed products (clothes, furniture)