Facts
What year was Columbus born?
1451
How many times did he make the trip to the Americas?
4
What is Hispaniola called now?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
What is this?
trade between Europe and the Americas
Name Columbus ships during first voyage to Americas
the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Where was Columbus born?
Genoa, Italy
Which countries refused to fund his trips?
England and Portugal
What did the natives do to the first settlement?
Destroyed it
What are 2 items that were brought TO the Americas?
coffee, horses, turnips, grapes, wine
What happened to bring Columbus back to Spain after his third trip to the Americas?
He got arrested for being so horrible to the natives.
When did he take his first trip to the Americas?
1492
How were sailors getting to Asia at the time?
Around the Cape of Good Hope, Africa
What religion did Columbus try to convert the native people to?
Catholicism
What are 3 things that were brought TO Europe?
Natives, gold, birds, plants corn potato's. some say even syphilis as disease came around after Columbus returned
What European people discovered North America prior to columbus? Extra 500 points if you get the known name of the credited person.
Vikings also acceptable Icelandic Norseman
Name of the Icelandic Norseman leader Leif Eríkson,
When did he die?
What did he bring back to Queen Isabell after his second trip?
slaves
Where is Hispaniola on a map? Note no longer called Hispaniola or describe location
Point on a map
What diseases were brought over by Columbus?
small pox, chicken pox, measles, mumps
What name did a group of Northern European people give to North America in 1000 CE
Vinland was the name given to part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Eríkson, about 1000 CE.
What 4 things did he study to help him with his travels?
math, astronomy, cartography, navigation
How did the Queen react to seeing what Columbus brought back, and why?
How were the people living in Hispaniola treated by Columbus?
Very poorly, treated like slaves
Why was tobacco so popular?
it "cured headaches and skin irritations"
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabell of Castile