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1. Question: Who was Christopher Columbus?
(Answer: Admiral Christopher Columus was a Genoese experienced sea-captain who voyaged to discover unknown lands and who was very fond of geography and astronomy.)

2. Q. What was his great plan when he asked the monarchs of Portugal and Spain to finance his voyage?
(A. His great plan was to prove that the world was round, by steering west from Europe and coming to China.)

3. What argument did he have to support this belief?
(A. Christopher Columbus knew that Marco Polo had gone eastward overland to China, where he had seen the Pacific Ocean, Columbus being convinced that the same waters washed the coasts of Spain)

4. Who offered to help C. Columbus with his voyage?
(A. The monarch of Spain, King Ferdinand, decided to offer C. Columbus the necessary financial help.)

5. What did Christopher Columbus find during his voyage?
(A. Columbus found new unknown lands that he annexed to the Spanish Kingdom)