Why did Columbus believe he could get to the Far East by sailing west? What were the problems with this plan?

Because he realized that the world was in fact round and that if you went the opposite way you would eventually end up in the same place.

The major complication was the Americas. A GIANT land mass with no way through it at the time.

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the word that best sums up the tone of the newspaper regarding the treaty of versailles is resentful.