After His First Voyage, Christopher Columbus Believed That He Had

question 8

Multiple Choice

After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had

• A) discovered a New World.
• B) failed at what he had set out to do.
• C) sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies.
• D) sailed around the world.
• E) reached the shores of Japan.

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Definitions:

Impressed Voltage

The voltage applied across a circuit or component, not necessarily resulting from direct contact.

Applied Voltage

The electrical potential difference deliberately introduced to a circuit or device.

Capacitive Reactance

The opposition that a capacitor offers to alternating current (AC), which decreases as the frequency of the AC increases, calculated as 1/(2πfC) where f is the frequency and C is the capacitance.

Series Connection

A circuit configuration in which components are connected end-to-end, providing a single path for current flow.