True or False
Spices made food spoil so people didn't want them.
False. What did spices do and why did people want them?
Spices keep food from:
A. Spoiling
B. Tasting good
C. Costing too much
D. None of the above
A. Spoiling
In 1492, Spain wanted _______ ________, an explorer from Italy to sail to China.
Christopher Columbus
No. Extra credit: Where did he land?
Name two forts on the map.
Forts St. Louis and Frontenac
Columbus thought he could reach China by sailing East.
False. What direction did he sail?
Columbus thought he could reach China by sailing:
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West
D. West
Columbus thought he'd reached the _______ ________.
East Indies. Extra credit: Where did he actually reach?
Many people died of diseases brought by the Spaniards.
What direct did Vespucci sail in 1500. Use the Compass Rose.
South.
Columbus thought he reached the East Indies near southern China.
True
Columbus thought he had reached:
A. America
B. The West Indies
C. Spain
D. India
B. The West Indies
Columbus set up a settlement on an island called _________.
Hispaniola
Amerigo Vespucci
What three countries are shown on the map?
Spain, Portugal, and France.
When Columbus landed, he didn't find any people.
False. What people did he find?
What group lives in Hispaniola:
A. The Indians
B. The Taino
C. The Spaniards
D. The Floridians
B. The Taino
A group called the ________ lived on the island Columbus landed on.
Taino
Where was Columbus born?
Italy. Extra credit: What country did Columbus sail for?
What four continents are shown on the map?
Europe, Africa, North and South America.
Another explorer who sailed for Spain was Amerigo Vespucci.
True. Extra credit: What was named for him?
Amerigo Vespucci explored:
A. North America
B. South America
C. North and South America
D. None of the above
C. North and South America
Another explorer who sailed for Spain was _______ _______.
Amerigo Vespucci
What was named after Amerigo Vespucci?
North and South America.
What three oceans are shown on the map?
Pacific and North and South Atlantic. Extra credit: Name another ocean.