Christopher Columbus
Paragraph
CNN10
100

During which age did the first people arrive in America before Columbus?

Ice Age

100

When you start a paragraph pushing it over so it’s not against the margin like the rest of the lines, what is that?

Indent
100

CNN 10 mentioned a disaster taking place out west in California, Oregon and Washington.  What is the disaster that can be seen from space!

Wildfires

200

Which European group, which Lief Erickson was a member, also beat Columbus to America, however, they didn’t stay?

Vikings

200

What is an introductory sentence?

It’s usually the first sentence that lets the reader know what the paragraph will be about.

300

Columbus was looking for a route to which place, which is why he called the people he met Indians?

India

300

What do we call the sentence at the end of a paragraph that sums up what the paragraph was about?

Conclusion/ concluding sentence

400

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of which country gave Columbus the money he needed to go to explore?

Spain

400

True or False: A paragraph needs five complete sentences.

False

500

If Others beat Columbus to America, why is he considered important?

He opened up exchanges between the Old and New Worlds, including plants and animals, that connected them forever

500

A good paragraph should cite a source.  What does that mean?

Using specific details from a reading to support your opinion

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