It separated most of Latin America from Spain, and founded new countries in South and Central America, such as: Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. <span />
The legislature separates powers in government by using a system of checks and balances. It means that each of the branches of government can limit the powers of the others. In that way the power is balanced. For instance, the president vetoes the bills but then the Congress needs percentage of 2/3 votes in order to pass that bill after the president's veto. Apart from that, the Supreme Court plays an important role because every bill must be evaluated by it. Only after that examination the bills are declared laws.
Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean islands while Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
Explanation:
Christopher Columbus was the earlier one of the two great explorers and his exploration was to the west of Spain where he eventually discovered the Caribbean islands and led o the discovery of the Americas.
Ferdinand Magellan was also a very ambitious sailor and he tried to circumnavigate the earth with his expedition of six ships.
HE did this around 1520 and was eventually successful and in the process had discovered the Magellan straights too.
Trade along the Silk Roads and the trans-Saharan trade routes resulted in "<span>(4) cultural diffusion between different societies" among many other things. </span>
