Read the text. In each question choose the right answer A,B,C,D

Christopher Columbus

• didn't decide to become a sailor until he was an adult

• first saw the sea when he was 14 years old

• lived by the sea when he was a child

• moved to Italy when he was little

In Columbus's day, Europeans

• didn't know an easy way to get to Asia

• sold lots of things to Asia

• could reach Asia quickly

• could only get to Asia by land

Columbus's idea to get to Asia quickly was

• to sail from Portugal

• to sail south

• to use new ships

• to sail west

Columbus finally crossed the Atlantic with the help of the

• Spanish king

• Portuguese king

• English king

• French king

When Columbus arrived in the Americas,

• he didn't know what to call the native people

• he was sure he was in India

• there weren't any people there

• there were already people from Europe there

From the text, we know that Columbus

• went back to America three times

• discovered a new part of Asia

• discovered a new way to reach Asia

• was a bad explorer because he didn't find Asia