Which European explorer first sailed around the Cape of Good Hope?
a. Vasco da Gama
b. Bartolomeu Dias
c. Francis Drake
Ans: b
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A) eugenics. B) Knights of Columbus. C) racial segregation. D) intelligence quota.
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