Young Martin Luther
Christmas in Haiti
Admiral of the Ocean Sea
Vocabulary
Challenge Questions
100

The country where young Martin Luther was born

What is Germany?

100

One of Columbus' three ships that hit a coral reef in Haiti

What is the Santa Maria?

100

The names of Columbus' brothers

Who are Don Bartholomew and Don Diego?

100

An Asian plant used as a stimulant

What is 'betel'?

100

The first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach India

Who is Vasco da Gama?

200

The language Martin Luther was required to speak at all time in school

What is Latin?

200

The gift the island chief gave Columbus that he said gave him a vision from God

What is a gold mask?

200

One of the titles bestowed upon Columbus by Queen Isabella

What are Admiral, Governor or Vice Roy?

200

An inscription on a tombstone

What is an 'epitaph'?

200

The fate of Fort La Navidad and the men who stayed behind when Columbus returned?

The fort was burned to the ground and gone. All forty men had been murdered.

300

The name of his parents

Who are Hans and Greta Luther?

300

The name of the crew member who would not help the wrecked ship

Who is 'Vincente Pinzon'?

300

The city where Columbus celebrated Easter and received a letter summoning him to Barcelona

What is Seville?

300

Fixed purpose; determined

What is 'resolute'?

300

Martin Behaim created this special globe.

What is the "Earth Apple"?

400

Martin Luther's favorite hymn

What is "Ave Maria"?

400

The name of the fort that Columbus built with the wood from the ship wreck

What is 'La Navidad'?

400

The names of Columbus' sons who greeting him in Cordova

Who are Diego and Ferdinand?

400

Showy in appearance

What is 'flamboyant'?

400

Martin Alonso Pinzon raced ahead of Columbus for Spain in this ship

What is the 'Pinta'?

500

At night, Martin Luther imagined he would see who dancing in the moonlight outside his window

Who is the devil?

500

The person who created a map of Columbus' discovery

Who is 'Diego de Harana'?

500

A tutor to the royal children, this scholar was the first person to use the term, "New World"

Who is Peter Martyr?

500

A druggist (pharmacy)

What is an 'apothecary'?
500

Columbus named this first island he discovered

What is 'San Salvador'?