Who made significant contributions to the understanding that the Americas were separate continents from Asia?Group of answer choicesJacques CartierAmerigo VespucciJohn CabotPrince Henry PreviousNext

Despite there being 7 continents, which continent was the focus of these studied periods of history?AsiaEuropeAfricaAntarctica

What was the significance of finding a sea route to Asia?Allowed Europeans to bypass merchants who monopolized tradeAllowed Europeans to interact with new nationsGave Europeans political power in other countriesIntroduced Europeans to new investors to fund explorations

What did Columbus call the Native Americans, believing he was in Asia? Asians1Indians2Chinamen3Chinese4

By 1750, there were three European powers that claimed the North American Continent.  What are those three powers?

The observation that the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, and may once have been connected, led Alfred Wegener to propose a theory in 1910 called1 pointA) continental plowingB) continental driftC) plate tectonicsD: Pangaea