Christopher Columbus
A. was a man of little ambition.
B. thought the world was much smaller than it is in reality.
C. believed that Asia could only be reached by sailing east.
D. was trained as a sailor through his long service to Italy.
E. believed the Americas consisted of a few islands.
B
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a. Édouard Manet. b. Eugène Delacroix. c. Pancho Villa. d. Venustiano Carranza.
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A) forced women in patriarchal families to provide labor services to the Spanish. B) allocated Guaraní tributaries to Spanish masters according to their rank or merits. C) granted labor and tribute services in return for Spain's help in defeating Guaraní enemies. D) forced relatives of Guaraní women concubines to work for Spanish masters.
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a. when Edison passed away he only had 100 patents for different inventions b. his most popular invention was probably the incandescent light bulb c. he invented the phonograph in 1877 d. his company was the Edison Electric Company, today known as GE