Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans
A. believed the Americas consisted of little more than several small islands.
B. were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.
C. had only heard of America from the travels of Marco Polo.
D. assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.
E. were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.
B
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A) basketball B) football C) soccer D) tennis
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Relations between the United States and the great European powers were __________.
a. slowly improving in 1809 b. worse in 1809 than they had been in 1805 c. solid and stable in 1809 d. better in 1809 than they had been in 1805