Author Question: The main conflict between Columbus and the opponents of his Enterprise of the Indies arose from his ... (Read 101 times)

washai · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The main conflict between Columbus and the opponents of his Enterprise of the Indies arose from his opponents' claim that

A) the world was flat.
B) he would have to cross an impassable green sea of darkness.
C) the size of the ocean between Europe and Asia was greater than Columbus believed.
D) his ships could not survive the heat of the torrid zone.

Question 2

A major objective of Prince Henry the Navigator's African projects was to

A) find the sources of Muslim gold.
B) reach India by rounding Africa.
C) convert the heathen.
D) discover the sources of the Nile.