Beginnings of America
Travelers before Christopher Columbus
Columbus Discovers the Americas
Columbus Exploration
Portuguese Exploration
100

Native Americans began migrating to America less than 1,000 years after the _____

What is Flooe

100

Many legends and artifacts support the probability that Old World people journeyed to the New World _______ the historic first voyage of Columbus in 1492

What is before

100

Columbus was probably born in Genoa,_______

Italy


100

Columbus set sail from Spain on ________

August 3, 1492

100

The 4 voyages of Columbus gave ________ a claim to the Americas

Spain

200

Because Christopher Columbus thought he had reached the ______________ he called the people in the New World "____________"

East Indies and Indians

200

The first fully recorded _________ discovery and colonization of the Americas was carried out by the________

European and Norsemen

200

Even as a child Christopher was aware that his name meant _____________

"Christ bearer"

200

Columbus wanted to push to the west in order to______

share the gospel

200

Joao Vaz Corte-Real's previous exploration gave________ a claim to the America's.

Portugal

300

As the ancient travelers from Asia spread out over the two new continents, they developed __________

Cultural expressions

300

In A.D 999 Leif Ericsson journeyed from his home in __________ to his ancestral __________ where he was converted to Christianity. 

What is Greenland and Norway

300

Columbus believed God wanted him to bear the Gospel of Christ to the __________

Far reaches of the world

300

The three ships used by columbus to make his voyage were named the ________,_________,_________

Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

300

Amerigo's Land was shortened to the label _______

America

400

Native American cultural expressions had to do with _____________.

Clothing, language and the way of life

400

The three areas the Norse explorers landed were portions of ___________ 

North America

400

Columbus traveled to ______ three times asking the king and queen to _______ and finance his voyage. 

What is Spain and commission

400

Admiral Columbus had sailed the ocean for more than_____ years 

20

400

_______ is a term used for South America, North America and Central America

America

500

Four Native American inventions are__________

Snowshoes, toboggans, hammocks and conoes

500

A Norse settlement was uncovered by archaeologists at L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland ______________ in the early 1960's

Canada

500

In 1492 after ten years of seeking her aid, __________ finally commissioned Columbus to make the voyage that ended in the discovery of the _______

Queen Isabella and America's

500

The lookout for the _________ sighted land on ________

Santa Maria and October 12, 1492