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Here are the questions that might come from the research you did today on the Caravel... 1. Why were Caravels popular with explorers? 2. How big was a Caravel? The answer is given in meters. HINT: You will have to find out how many feet are in a meter to be able to measure off the caravel in the gym. 3. What was placed below the decks? 4. Since sailors had to live on the main decks --- how would life have been for them. A. Think in terms of the things you value most like privacy--- 1. Where did they go to the bathroom. 2. Could they take baths? 3. Where did they change clothes -- or did they change clothes? 5. What was food like on a long voyage? Do you remember what some of the problems were with the food? A. What was the source of the information about the food on board ship-- what kind of source did it come from? 6. Sailors who went on these long trips had big health problems. Can you name two of the diseases that plegued them? What caused those diseases? 7.


 * Hailey asked** --- What caravel are we going to use--they changed over time! Good point Hailey just like we have new car models come out each year -- there were new models of caravels! It might be fun to write an add for a caravel dealership -- designed to sell caravels to explorers!