Ignorant of Hinduism When He Arrived in India, Vasco Da

question 7

Multiple Choice

Ignorant of Hinduism when he arrived in India, Vasco da Gama mistook the Indian religion for:

• A) The surviving remnants of the "Ten Lost Tribes" of Israel.
• B) A variant of Islam that was practiced in Safavid Persia.
• C) A form of proto-Christianity that had been spread by St. Thomas, Jesus's disciple.
• D) The Christianity of "Prester John".

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