How did the people who discovered and settled the New World help shape our concept of who we are as Americans today?

evidencely they brought disruption to the native populations, there were also profound effects on the other side of the Atlantic. the discovery of new land meant the discovery of new commodities such as tobacco, coffee, and cacao beans.

2018 means 2018 ce or common era

there have been other eras too including bce, which included way more years.

the section of the chart that represents a point at which a bill needs approval from a majority of people in both chambers to advance is j, as this is the only section before the bill becomes law which has both rows (symbolizing the chambers) converging into one, meaning that the two parts of the congress have to approve of it before it can march on with the process.