Christopher Columbus

question 54

Multiple Choice

Christopher Columbus

• A) was a man of little ambition.
• B) thought the world was much smaller than it is in reality.
• C) believed that Asia could only be reached by sailing east.
• D) was trained as a sailor through his long service to Italy.
• E) believed the Americas consisted of a few islands.

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