Observation Is Not Typically Used When the Possibility of Faulty

question 90

True/False

Observation is not typically used when the possibility of faulty recall rules out collecting information by asking the subject.

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Definitions:

Leif Ericsson

A Norse explorer believed to be the first European to land in North America, approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

Initial Contact

Refers to the first encounters between European explorers and indigenous peoples of the Americas, marking the beginning of significant cultural, social, and environmental changes.

Amerigo Vespucci

An Italian explorer for whom the Americas are named, recognized for demonstrating that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured by Columbus.

Martin Waldseemüller

A German cartographer who created the first map to name and depict the Americas as separate continents, published in 1507.