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6 marksAtlantic Connections

CAPE History Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 2 · Question 1(c)

With reference to Document III, provide TWO reasons supporting the claim that Africans arrived in the Caribbean prior to the 1490s.

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  1. 1(a)With reference to Document I, identify who were the people encountered by Thorvald during his exploration and provide TWO reasons to support your answer.[6 marks]
  2. 1(b)With reference to Document II, outline THREE ways in which Prince Henry the Navigator facilitated contact between Portugal and West Africa prior to 1492.[9 marks]
  3. 1(d)With reference to Documents I, II, and III, provide THREE points supporting the view that a transatlantic network existed well before the voyages of Columbus.[9 marks]

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