In the Aftermath of Columbus and Voyages of Encounter, Europeans

question 49

Multiple Choice

In the aftermath of Columbus and voyages of encounter, Europeans believed the first humans in the Americas might have been

• A) Chinese pirates.
• B) the lost tribes of Axum.
• C) Phoenician seafarers from Carthage.
• D) Mongol tribesmen.
• E) ancient Sumerians.

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