. What is the astrolabe?

A device used to determine which direction is north

A device used to determine changes in weather.

A device used to measure the position of the sun, moon, and stars against the horizon

A device used to calculate the time at various places on Earth

20. How did the society of the American South differ from that of the Caribbean?

White people worked alongside Black people at cotton plantations.

Enslaved people in the American South had more rights.

It had a large middle class of White people who owned small farms.

Planters in the American South dominated local government

1 answer

  1. The astrolabe is a device used to measure the position of the sun, moon, and stars against the horizon. It was historically used for navigation and astronomy.

  2. The society of the American South differed from that of the Caribbean in that planters in the American South dominated local government. This contrasts with the Caribbean, which had a different socio-economic structure largely influenced by its plantation economy and the large presence of enslaved peoples.