Question 1 • US History Essentials I Sem. 1
In 1492, Europeans did not know the world’s actual size. Columbus believed Asia was much closer westward from Europe than it really was, partly because he underestimated Earth’s circumference. That mistaken estimate helps explain why he thought he had reached Asia when he arrived in the Americas. So the true statement is “In 1492, Europeans did not know the actual size of the world.”
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