Sailing
The number of ships Columbus took on his first voyage
What is three?
Columbus was born here
What is Genoa, Italy?
He was trying to reach this place
What is China/Asia?
The number of trips Columbus made to the "Americas"
What is four?
Upon capture by natives, Columbus used this to secure his freedom
What is a lunar eclipse (astronomy knowledge)?
The name of one of the ships that Columbus sailed with on his first voyage
What is Nina, Pinta, or Santa Maria?
The job Columbus had as a teen
What is sailing on a merchant ship?
The day of the week that Columbus Day occurs
What is Monday?
The year that Columbus died
What is 1506?
The country that Columbus represented on his voyages
What is Spain?
The country where Columbus arrived after being attacked and shipwrecked by pirates
What is Spain?
Two academic fields that Columbus studied
What are mathematics, navigation, or cartography?
The exact date of Columbus Day every year
What is the second Monday of October?
This killed Columbus
What is congestive heart failure?
Columbus was specifically trying to find this
What is a water route that connects from Europe to Asia?
The Chinese invention that most made cross-ocean travel successful
What is the compass?
Off the Portuguese coast, he floated on this to safety
What is a span/piece of wood?
The European nickname for the land that Columbus "discovered"
What is The New World?
This occurred to the Hispaniola settlement that Columbus had helped build
What is it was destroyed?
The king and queen Columbus borrowed money (ships & men) from
Who are Isabelle and Ferdinand?
The original three boats had this common use
What is used for trading/fishing?
They attacked his ship and cast him adrift
Who were French privateers?
The island chain Columbus thought he reached, therefore giving "Indians" their own nickname
What is the East Indies?
The furthest point of land that Columbus sailed to
What is Panama?
The native tribe that Columbus met
Who were the Lucayan-Arawak Indians?