Question 1
Amerigo Vespucci
A. hailed from Portugal.
B. was a leading critic of Columbus's claims.
C. helped spread recognition of the idea that the Americas were new continents.
D. never traveled to the New World.
E. sailed on the voyages with Christopher Columbus.
Question 2
Christopher Columbus called the native people he encountered on his voyages Indians
A. he wanted to hide his discovery from rival explorers.
B. it is what the natives called themselves.
C. Norse seamen had previously used the term.
D. he believed they came from the East Indies in the Pacific.
E. he mispronounced their actual name.
Question 3
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.
Question 4
The preeminent European maritime power in the fifteenth century was
A. Spain.
B. the Netherlands.
C. France.
D. England.
E. Portugal.
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