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10.53 Mercantilism and Global Trade Worksheet

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Mercantilism and Global Trade: Select the economic explanation that best connects mercantilism, joint-stock companies, silver flows, plantations, and expanding global markets. Aligned to FreeK12Practice Grade 10 World History MCQ-Ready Curriculum with C3, CCSS RH/WHST, APWHM, APUSH historical-thinking, NAEP USH, and selected state framework alignment 10.53 - Mercantilism and Global Trade: Select the economic explanation that best connects mercantilism, joint-stock companies, silver flows, plantations, and expanding global markets. (C3 D2.Eco.3-12.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.7; APWHM Unit 4; TX TEKS WH)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Use the final synthesis diagram titled Mercantilism and Global Trade to answer the question. Which statement best explains the full system?

AMercantilism ended global trade by stopping all overseas investment and commodity production.

BSilver, plantations, and companies were isolated facts with no economic connection.

CJoint-stock companies replaced markets, so consumer demand no longer mattered.

DMercantilist states used colonies and companies to control trade, while silver and plantation crops supplied expanding global markets.

Solution & Explanation:The best answer connects policy, institutions, commodities, and markets into one early modern economic system.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Which comparison best distinguishes plantations from joint-stock companies while showing their connection?

APlantations and joint-stock companies were identical because both were only tax offices.

BPlantations organized investor shares, while joint-stock companies grew sugar cane directly in every case.

CPlantations organized coerced production of export crops, while joint-stock companies organized investment and trade that could move such goods.

DNeither plantations nor joint-stock companies had any connection to markets.

Solution & Explanation:The comparison keeps the concepts distinct but connected: plantations produced commodities, and companies or merchant networks helped finance and distribute trade.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Use the systems diagram titled Colony, Company, Capital, Market to answer the question. Which explanation best captures the system?

AGlobalization depended only on one colony and had no connection to finance or labor.

BEarly modern globalization depended on institutions, coercive labor systems, commodities, and financial capital working together.

CCompanies, colonies, and markets were isolated and could not influence each other.

DFinancial capital ended the need for commodities and shipping.

Solution & Explanation:The diagram asks students to synthesize several economic pieces rather than explain one term alone.

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