Age of Exploration Fishbowl Prompts

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Age of Exploration Fishbowl- Prompts
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Prompt 1It was the explorers duty to expand
Christianity to uncivilized lands around the
world.
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Prompt 2The Europeans were chosen by God, so
it was their divine right to conquer new lands.
God proved this by making the explorers immune to
diseases.
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Prompt 3Even without ships, Portugal, Spain,
England and the Netherlands would have been world
powers at this time.
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Prompt 4Everyone would agree, the Pope has the
absolute power and authority to divide the world
in half.
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Prompt 5Racism had no effect on why Africans
were slaves.
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Prompt 6The world only has so many natural
resources available therefore, the most
powerful nations have every right to take what is
rightfully theirs from other countries.
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Prompt 7People die every day, so what
difference does it make how they die? The deaths
during this time went for a good cause -- just
look where the world is today.
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Prompt 8I bet that if the explorers knew then
what we know now, they would have done everything
the same. Just look at everything they achieved.