Complete the sentence about Padua with the correct year: Padua is home to one of the oldest universities in the world, the University of Padua, founded in ______, where Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus taught or studied.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. 1222
- Step 1: Padua is home to one of the oldest universities in the world, the University of Padua, founded in 1222, where Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus taught or studied. Answer: 1222. Why not the others: 1252, 1242 and 1237 don't fit.
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