John Cabot's Crossing of the Atlantic in 1497 Resulted in His

question 14

Multiple Choice

John Cabot's crossing of the Atlantic in 1497 resulted in his

• A) sighting of the Pacific.
• B) sailing around the tip of South America.
• C) discovery of a shortcut to China.
• D) exploration of Florida.
• E) making landfall in present-day Canada.

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Definitions:

Visual Perception

The ability to interpret and make sense of visual stimuli from the environment through the process of sight.

Inuit/Aleut Languages

A group of languages spoken by the Inuit and Aleut peoples, native to the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, and Alaska.

Snow Words

A concept often cited to demonstrate how language shapes our understanding of the world, mistakenly attributed to the idea that certain cultures have an unusually large number of words for snow.

Whorfian Hypothesis

A linguistic theory that suggests the structure of a language influences its speakers' world view or cognition. Also known as linguistic relativity.