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When sailors had no fresh food to eat what disease could they get?
Scurvy
What disease is caused by not eating fresh food?
Food poisoning.
How did Zheng He crew make sure they had fresh food?
sailors grw vegetables and herbs in special containers and brought livestock for food on long voyages,this way his crew always had fresh food
The vitamin deficiency disease scurvy is also known as sailor's disease why?
Because back in the days of long sea voyages the food the could carry aboard didn't have enough vitamins in it (particularly vitamin C) so the sailors tended to get scurvy.
Why did the dutch build their refreshment station at table bay in cape town?
Because they needed someplace to stop off on their way to and from Asia. Cape Town acted as a refreshment station where they grew fresh fruit and vegetables and kept freshwater, because if the sailors didn't get enough of the right kinds of food and fresh food, then they would have died.
What disease did the sailors have in the Tudor times?
scurvy, black death or food poisoning
What are Five obstacles that christopher Columbus faced on his voyages?
1.Not enough room for the sailors 2.Not enough food 3.The live stocks.........
What was one problem that sailors faced in traveling around the southern tip of Africa?
Scurvy, which is a disease which is associated with the lack of vitamin C in the diet. it was a common problem faced by sailors in the early years of sea travel. This is one of the reasons why a halfway station was established at Cape Town, to provide fresh food and water to vessels travelling between Europe and the Far East/ Asia
Why were sailors in the past susceptible to scurvey?
Lack of fresh food, ie vegetables and fruit, which contained Vitamin C and would have prevented scurvy.
Why did Columbus take many cats on the voyage to America?
To kill mice and rats which ate the sailors' food and potentially carried disease.
What was one of the problems sailors faced in traveling around the southern tip of Africa?
Scurvy, which is a disease which is associated with the lack of vitamin C in the diet. it was a common problem faced by sailors in the early years of sea travel. This is one of the reasons why a halfway station was established at Cape Town, to provide fresh food and water to vessels travelling between Europe and the Far East/ Asia
What causes a country not to have enough food?
Disease that affects food, Drought, Food Warning, War, Raided, Poor Economy.
