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How did the new continents across the Atlantic Ocean come to be called America?
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ike most, I've known that the Americas were named after Amerigo Vespucci since my early education. However, the story behind why this is the case is somewhat more interesting and quite a bit less well known. Vespucci was a navigator that traveled to "the new world" in 1499 and 1502. Being a well educated man, he realized that this new world was not part of Asia, as some had initially thought. Vespucci chose to write about his travels and his books were published in 1502 and 1504. Being both entertaining and educational, his accounts of the new world were reprinted in almost every European language.
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Why are continents called with the letter A?
Well its not intentional, and not all continents start with the letter A, Europe and South America don't
What is all the 7 continents called?
North America South America Africa Europe Asia Antarctica Australia
How many continents are not connected to any other continent?
Australia and Antarctica are the only continents that have no land connection to another continent. If you count Europe and Asia as two separate continents then they are two connected continents, and North America and South America are connected by way of Central America, leaving Africa, Australia, and Antarctica as the continents that are not connected to other continents. Sometimes we consider Europe and Asia to be a single very large continent called Eurasia.
Are there only 8 continents?
No, there are traditionally considered to be 7 continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Australia, and South America. However, some geographers recognize a separate continent called Zealandia, which is mostly underwater.
What is a massive land area called?
A massive land area is called a continent. The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.
The trip taken by slaves across the Atlantic Ocean was called what?
The middle passage
What is the long voyage across the Atlantic ocean that brought africans to west indies and north America called?
Middle Passage
Idea that continents move slowly across earth's surface is called what?
The idea that continents move slowly across the earth's surface is called the continental drift.
What are the seven continents and seas?
North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa Pacific ocean, Atlantic ocean, Indian ocean, Arctic ocean, Antarctic ocean. There are only 5 oceans. not 7.
What is it called when you go across the Atlantic?
it is alatic
What is the spread of infectious diseases across continents called?
A pandemic spreads across continents while epidemics stay more localized to a country or area.
What are the seven land areas of the earth called?
Continents
The warm current that flows across the Atlantic toward eroupe is called?
the north Atlantic drift
What do you called the largest areas of land?
The largest areas of land are called continents. There are seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America.
What is one of the seven main land masses on earth?
The seven major land areas on earth are called continents. The one That the United States is in is called North America.
What was the Sherman's march across Georgia toward Atlantic called?
It was called the March to the Sea.
What was Sherman's march across Georgia towards the Atlantic called?
It was called the March to the Sea.
