Christopher Columbus

question 27

Multiple Choice

Christopher Columbus

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

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