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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
(ca. 1451–1506)
Christopher Columbus, the first modern European explorer of the Americas, was born at Genoa, a seaport of Italy, around the year 1451. His father was a wool comber. Christopher did not care to learn trade, but wanted to become a sailor. Seeing the boy's strong liking for the sea, his father sent him to a school where he could learn geography, map-drawing, and whatever else might help him to become someday commander of a vessel.
In this exciting life, full of adventure and of danger, Columbus grew into adulthood. The rough experience he then had much toward making him the determined captain and explorer that he afterwards became.
2. Young Christopher Columbus learned sailing in:
A. Arctic Ocean
B. Bay of Bengal
C. Mediterranean Sea
D. Pacific Ocean
According to some accounts, Columbus once had a desperate battle with a vessel with the coast of Portugal. The fight lasted, it is said, all day. At length both vessels were...
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Question 1: Christopher Columbus was born in __________.
Options:
A. Italy
B. Florence
C. Genoa
D. Turin
✔ Correct Answer: C. Genoa
Explanation:
The passage clearly states: *"Christopher Columbus... was born at Genoa, a seaport of Italy..."*
While Genoa is in Italy (so A is also technically correct), the most specific and accurate answer is
C. Genoa, since the question asks *where* he was born, and Genoa is the city mentioned.
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Question 2: Young Christopher Columbus learned sailing in __________.
Options:
A. Arctic Ocean
B. Bay of Bengal
C. Mediterranean Sea
D. Pacific Ocean
✔ Correct Answer: C. Mediterranean Sea
Explanation:
The passage says: *"The Mediterranean Sea swarmed with warships and pirates. Every sailor, no matter if he was but a boy, had to stand ready to fight his way from port to port."*
This implies that young sailors, including Columbus, gained experience in the
Mediterranean Sea, which was a major maritime region during that time. He would have learned sailing there before his famous voyages across the Atlantic.
Also, historically, Columbus sailed in the Mediterranean as a youth, gaining experience before his transatlantic journey.
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Summary of Answers:
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C. Genoa
2.
C. Mediterranean Sea
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