8. Discuss and answer the following questions. a. When did the first people appear on the American continent? b. Who discovered America? c. How was America called after its discovery? d. What did Amerigo Vespucci prove? e. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, wasn't it? f. How many states are there in America?
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A: approximately 13,000 to 13,500 years ago. B: Christoper Columbus C: America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent. A map created in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller was the first to depict this new continent with the name "America," a Latinized version of "Amerigo." D: Vespucci was the first person to recognize North and South America as distinct continents that were previously unknown to Europeans, Asians and Africans, according to Avihu Zakai ("Exile and Kingdom: History and Apocalypse in the Puritan Migration to America (opens in new tab)", Cambridge University Press, 2002). E: Although Thomas Jefferson is often called the “author” of the Declaration of Independence, he wasn't the only person who contributed important ideas. Jefferson was a member of a five-person committee appointed by the Continental Congress to write the Declaration. F: There are currently fifty states of america. Alaska (49th state) and Hawaii (50th state) were the both last states to join in 1959.