6.4 Review Questions

Question	Answer
How were the initial English settlements primarily funded?	through joint stock companies by grants from the royal treasury with gifts from King Henry V through taxes collected by the Diocese of Canterbury
After their initial founding, how did colonies in the Americas typically relate to their home countries?	Colonies relied on their home countries for supplies and economic support. Colonies became totally independent. Colonies joined rival empires. Colonies ignored their home countries.
Why is the city once known as New Amsterdam now known as New York?	The English renamed the city after they captured it from the Dutch. Residents of the city voted to rename it in honor of the Duke of York. City leaders changed the name after the Earl of York invested in the city. The Catholic Church modified the name on maps in honor of Saint York.
What explains the relatively harmonious relationship between French colonists and the Indigenous peoples of Canada?	The French could not afford to anger Indigenous peoples who assisted them in acquiring furs. The French found the Indigenous people of Canada eager to convert to Christianity. The French had little contact with Indigenous peoples and remained within their own settlements. Most of the Indigenous peoples of Canada died as a result of smallpox, so they were easily dominated by the French.
What was a major cause of the Seven Years’ War?	growing rivalries between European powers the destruction of the British Raj the regulation of opium in China the death of Louis XV of France
What was the primary reason for the creation of the British Raj?	the failure of the British East India Company to prevent unrest in India the rise of revolutionary movements in China the need for increasing tax revenues to support British colonization in Africa the downfall of the British monarchy
What was the system by which the Qing dynasty controlled trade?	the Canton system the Raj system the Ndongo system the treaty system
What was a result of the Qing dynasty’s trade policies?	China temporarily enjoyed a favorable balance of trade. The British were forced to focus on their colonies in North America. China was able to dominate Japan politically and militarily. The French suffered defeat in the Seven Years’ War.
African resistance to European colonization was often a response to which line of trade?	the slave trade the opium trade the textile trade the aluminum trade
What was King Philip’s War?	a Native American uprising against English colonization a French rebellion against Spanish colonization a Chinese trade war against Italian mercantilism a Muslim religious war against Dutch missionaries
What is one difference between mercantilism and capitalism?	Mercantilism typically supports greater governmental regulation than capitalism. Mercantilism typically supports lower taxes than capitalism. Mercantilism typically supports more labor rights than capitalism. Mercantilism typically supports freer trade than capitalism.
Which concept might be demonstrated by a chef who opens a new restaurant in hopes of getting rich and in the process benefits the community by hiring workers and serving food to neighbors?	the invisible hand the rebellion of the proletariat the growth of industrialization the death of mercantilism
Adam Smith’s ideas are rooted in the belief that most people are ________.	rational wealthy industrialists religious
What is the manufacturing of goods at home that characterized the early years of the Industrial Revolution called?	cottage industry mercantilism capitalism laissez-faire

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