The European "Age of Discovery" ended with ________
A) Christopher Columbus' discovery of the "New World"
B) Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe
C) Phoenician exploration of the Mediterranean
D) Polynesian colonization of Pacific Islands
E) Viking voyages to North America
B
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The land bridge called Beringia during the last glacial advance about 20,000 years ago allowed animals to be exchanged among which two zoogeographic realms?
A) Neotropic and Nearctic B) Australian and New Zealand C) Palearctic and Nearctic D) Neotropic and Paleotropic
There is a hundred times the amount of gaseous oxygen in the atmosphere than there is dissolved
oxygen in the ocean. Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Metamorphic rocks:
a. form when molted rock comes in contact with the atmosphere. b. often form depositional layers called bedding planes. c. are usually softer and less resistant to weathering than other rocks. d. can be metamorphosed. e. include the rocks obsidian and conglomerate.