FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Question
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Christopher Columbus never set foot on the mainland of North America.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -FACT: Columbus never set foot in North America. Columbus certainly put the Americas on the proverbial map after opening up a new trade route for Europeans, but he actually never sailed to North America.
Detailed explanation-2: -He also explored the Central and South American coasts. But he didn’t reach North America, which, of course, was already inhabited by Native Americans, and he never thought he had found a new continent.
Detailed explanation-3: -On October 12, 1492, after a two-month voyage, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas he called San Salvador-though the people of the island called it Guanahani.
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