Please help?! ITS DUE monday!!! 30 points! In your own words,
6. Columbus made his first journey of exploration in 1492, and reached the New World. He
thought he had found a sea route to Asia, however. Please explain HOW he could have thought
that?
a.
7. According to the text, what was the name of the Portuguese Nobleman that laid the foundation
for the Age of Exploration?
a.
8. According to the text, who was the first European explorer to successfully sail around the tip of
Africa?
a.
9. According to the text, who was the first European to actually sail around the tip of Africa and
THEN continue on to India?
a.
10. According to the text, Columbus was not the first explorer to actually sail to North America.
Who was?
a.

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Answer:

6. The most common map at the time projected Asia streched out, covering more of the atlantic ocean. He actually thought he found unexplored islands off the coast of Japan, because on the map he was near Japan.

7.   Francisco de Almeida, but I am not the one who has the text here.

8. Bartolomeu Dias

9. Vasco de Gama

10. Leif Eriksson, the Viking who discovered America.