FINANCE CLUSTER EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
People who concentrate on written documents to determine the attitudes of a people. –
ANSWERhistorians
Reason for the early, prolonged absence of humans in the Western Hemisphere. - ANSWERNorth &
South America became detached from the continent of Pangaea.
What encouraged the gradual establishment of permanent settlements in Archaic cultures? –
ANSWERagriculture
Light sailing ship used by the Portuguese for long voyages during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. –
ANSWERcaravel
What allowed merchants to charge lower prices for imported Eastern goods during the 15th century? -
ANSWERa sea route around Africa to Asia
When Columbus first arrived in the New World, where did he think he was? - ANSWEREast Indies
The transatlantic exchange of goods, people, and ideas between the New World and Europe. -
ANSWERColumbian Exchange
What was one negative result of contact and trade between peoples of the Old and New Worlds? -
ANSWERspread of diseases
What was the main cash crop in Virginia in colonial America? – ANSWERtobacco
People temporarily under contract to work 4 to 7 years in exchange for passage paid from England to
the Chesapeake area. - ANSWERindentured servants
A poor farmer with a small plot of land worked by himself and his family. - ANSWERyeoman farmer
The idea that a person could do nothing to change God's ruling on their fate on salvation after death. –
ANSWERpredestination
During the Salem witch trials, most of the people accused of being witches were ___________. -
ANSWERolder women
What happened to the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664? - ANSWERit surrendered to the English
and became New York
The English Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade to yield
revenues for the crown and English merchants. This type of economic policy is called __________. –
ANSWERmercantilism
By 1770, what percentage of colonists traced their ancestry to England? - ANSWER50%Seventeenth
century system of inheritance in which New England families subdivided land equally among all of the
sons. - ANSWERpartible inheritance
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
People who concentrate on written documents to determine the attitudes of a people. –
ANSWERhistorians
Reason for the early, prolonged absence of humans in the Western Hemisphere. - ANSWERNorth &
South America became detached from the continent of Pangaea.
What encouraged the gradual establishment of permanent settlements in Archaic cultures? –
ANSWERagriculture
Light sailing ship used by the Portuguese for long voyages during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. –
ANSWERcaravel
What allowed merchants to charge lower prices for imported Eastern goods during the 15th century? -
ANSWERa sea route around Africa to Asia
When Columbus first arrived in the New World, where did he think he was? - ANSWEREast Indies
The transatlantic exchange of goods, people, and ideas between the New World and Europe. -
ANSWERColumbian Exchange
What was one negative result of contact and trade between peoples of the Old and New Worlds? -
ANSWERspread of diseases
What was the main cash crop in Virginia in colonial America? – ANSWERtobacco
People temporarily under contract to work 4 to 7 years in exchange for passage paid from England to
the Chesapeake area. - ANSWERindentured servants
A poor farmer with a small plot of land worked by himself and his family. - ANSWERyeoman farmer
The idea that a person could do nothing to change God's ruling on their fate on salvation after death. –
ANSWERpredestination
During the Salem witch trials, most of the people accused of being witches were ___________. -
ANSWERolder women
What happened to the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1664? - ANSWERit surrendered to the English
and became New York
The English Navigation Acts of the 1650s and 1660s were designed to regulate colonial trade to yield
revenues for the crown and English merchants. This type of economic policy is called __________. –
ANSWERmercantilism
By 1770, what percentage of colonists traced their ancestry to England? - ANSWER50%Seventeenth
century system of inheritance in which New England families subdivided land equally among all of the
sons. - ANSWERpartible inheritance
