In Regards to Knowledge of the Americas Prior to the Fifteenth

question 22

Multiple Choice

In regards to knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans

• A)were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.
• B)believed the Americas to consist of little more than several small islands.
• C)were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.
• D)assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.
• E)had only heard of America from the travels of Marco Polo.

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