1.

Why the main trading centers moved to the Atlantic Coast

This opened up new routes and brought new countries and their riches within reach of the
Europeans.
2. Why Vespucci realized that what he had seen was a completely new continent?
Having reached the American continent, Vespucci may have realized that the lands were not India or
China perhaps because the people were totally different with a totally different lifestyle. The
difference in flora, fauna, and people may have convinced him that this was not Asia or India, but a
new land mass.
3. How did the travels and discoveries of Macro Polo, Columbus and Vasco de Gama affect the
Europeans
They introduced Europeans to completely new products e.g. tobacco from America, and fragile items
such as pottery and furniture from Asia; increased supply of fabrics and spices, so that the prices of
these fell in Europe, and stimulated conflict among European nations—Spain, Portugal, Holland,
France, Britain—to get the lands as colonies.
4. Find out more about Christopher Columbus, his life, and his voyages. Make a timeline with
illustration
He was born in 1451, best known for the first European to enter and explore the Caribbean Sea.
Columbus’s father was Domenico Colombo, a wool weaver who was also involved in local politics.
His mother was Suzanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a wool weaver. The eldest of five children,
Christopher had three brothers and one sister.
1451 Death
Birth of of
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Family Voyage Voyage
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