At the Time of Columbus's First Voyage in 1492,________

question 11

Multiple Choice

At the time of Columbus's first voyage in 1492,________.

• A) most educated Europeans believed the earth was flat
• B) no European nation had any interest in exploration
• C) most educated Europeans knew the world was round
• D) no one thought he would find anything
• E) the Catholic Church condemned this kind of exploration

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