Regarding Knowledge of the Americas Prior to the Fifteenth Century,most

question 33

Multiple Choice

Regarding 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 consisted 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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