Christopher Columbus
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- Q1Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492 to find a new route to ______.AsiaAustraliaAfricaEurope30s
- Q2Christopher Columbus made a total of ______ voyages to the New World.twothreefivefour30s
- Q3The first land that Christopher Columbus reached in 1492 was ______.San SalvadorJamaicaHispaniolaCuba30s
- Q4Christopher Columbus sailed under the flag of ______.PortugalEnglandSpainFrance30s
- Q5Columbus believed he could reach Asia by sailing ______ across the Atlantic Ocean.southeastnorthwest30s
- Q6The indigenous people that Columbus encountered on his first voyage were primarily from the ______ islands.CaribbeanPacificMediterraneanArctic30s
- Q7Columbus's voyages led to the widespread exchange of plants, animals, and ideas known as the ______ Exchange.CommercialIndustrialColumbianTransatlantic30s
- Q8The monarchs who funded Columbus's voyages were King Ferdinand and Queen ______.ElizabethCatherineIsabellaMary30s
- Q9Columbus mistakenly thought he had reached the outskirts of ______ when he discovered the Americas.AsiaEuropeAfricaIndia30s
- Q10During his voyages, Columbus named the first island he discovered ______.PintaSanta MariaSan SalvadorNina30s