Christopher Columbus

The Beginning

100

What group of Europeans discovered North America before Columbus?

What are the Vikings

200

Where was Christopher Columbus born?

What is Genoa, Italy

300

How did most people get to the West Indies to trade before Christopher Columbus

What is by foot and camel across land

400

What did most people think the world looked like before Christopher Columbus made his voyage

What is Flat

500

What continent did people have to travel over to reach the East Indies?

What is Asia

Columbus gets Permission

100

Which king was the first to refuse to help Columbus?

Who is the King of Portugal

200

What are the names of the three ships that Columbus built for his voyage?

What is the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria

300

Who finally gave Columbus permission to build the ships needed to complete the voyage

Who are the King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

400

What year did Columbus set sail for the New World

What is 1492

500

What ocean did Columbus have to cross to get to the New World?

What is the Atlantic Ocean

The voyage across

100

What did Columbus think they had sailed to when they saw the first Island?

The Indies

200

Columbus's crew got nervous and they wanted to....

What is turn back toward Spain

300

What did Columbus call the people he found in the Indies

"Indians"

400

How long did Columbus sail for?

What is about three months

500

What did Columbus and his men see that calmed them down before seeing land

What is a floating carved stick and land birds in the sky

Arriving in the New World

100

What did Christopher Columbus the natives he saw

Beads and caps

200

Where was the island that Columbus landed ?

Near Florida

300

What did Columbus name the new island he had found?

San Salvador

400

What did Columbus do first when they landed on the island? 

What is thanked God for His goodness

500

What other places did Columbus and his men travel to

What is Cuba and Haiti

After the voyages

100

Was Columbus successful in finding a new way to the Indies

What is no, but he did find a new world!

200

What did the king and queen of Spain name Columbus?

The Admiral of the Ocean Sea

300

What types of things did Christopher Columbus go back to Spain with?

Gold, parrots, and a few Indians

400

What had happened to the people on the island when Columbus went back to the New World to colonize

The Indians had killed them

500

Columbus was interested in helping the natives by

What is by teaching them about Jesus