FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Question
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Was Christopher Columbus the first to step foot on 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: -In actual fact, Columbus did not discover North America. He was the first European to sight the Bahamas archipelago and then the island later named Hispaniola, now split into Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first known settler to step foot in North America was Norse explorer Leif Erikson, who landed in a location called Vinland.
Detailed explanation-3: -*Columbus didn’t “discover” America-he never set foot in North America.
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