[填空题]_________ (found) in early 16th century, this church became a historic site of this region.

[填空题]______ (found) in early 16th century, this church became a historic site of this region.

[单项选择]Early in the 16th century men were trying to reach Asia by traveling west from Europe. In order to find Asia they had to find a way past South America. The man who eventually found the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific was Ferdinand Magellan.
Magellan sailed from Seville in August 1519 with five ships and about 280 men. Fourteen months later, after spending the severe winter on the coast of Patagonia, he discovered the channel which is now called Magellan’s Straits. In November 1520, after many months of dangers from rooks and storms, the three remaining ships entered the ocean on the other side of South America.
They then continued, hoping to reach Asia. But they did not see any land until they reached the islands off the coast of Asia. Before they arrived at these islands, later known as the Philippines, Magellan was killed in battle. The remaining officers then had to get back to Spain. They decided to sail around Africa. After many difficulties, one ship with eig
A. to become famous at that time
B. to find navigation line from the Atlantic to the Pacific
C. to make a voyage to Asia
D. to carry men to the Seville

[填空题]In the 16th century people developed great passion for plant collecting out of religious reasons as well as ______.

[单项选择]At the beginning of the 16th century the outstanding humanist ______wrote his Utopia in which he gave a profound and truthful picture of the people’s suffering and put forward his ideal of a future happy society.
A. Thomas More
B. Thomas Marlowe
C. Francis Bacon
D. William Shakespeare

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