Who?
I was trying to sail to the East Indies, but ended up in the West Indies.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The names of Columbus' ships.
The place that Columbus traveled from.
Where is Spain?
The year Columbus took his voyage.
What is 1492?
Why did Columbus want to go to the "East Indies"?
To find gold and get rare spices.
We sponsored Christopher Columbus' "Enterprise to the Indies".
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
The word we use for a group of ships.
What is a fleet?
What are the East Indies?
The amount of time between Marco Polo's trip to China and Columbus' journey.
When is 200 years?
Why did they need a different route than the Spice Road?
It was too dangerous of a journey due to pack animals and robbers.
I created the map that led to Columbus' confusion about the East Indies.
Who is Toscanelli?
The kind of water and land that Columbus explored.
What is uncharted?
The place that Columbus landed.
Where is the West Indies?
The decade in which Europeans began looking for a better way to get to the "Spice Islands".
How did Columbus communicate with the natives?
With gestures because they did not speak the same language.
I am the Italian merchant that traveled to China 200 years before Columbus set out on his journey.
Who is Marco Polo?
The word that means to represent something as being greater or worse than it really is.
What is exaggerate?
The continent that Columbus thought he had reached.
Where is Asia?
The amount of time it took Columbus to sail west and land in the Bahamas.
When is 5 weeks?
Why did Columbus call the natives Indians?
He thought he was in the "Indies".
We are the Native Americans Columbus encountered on his journey.
Who are the Taino?
The human characteristic that means to take risks, be confident, and courageous.
The ocean that Columbus crossed to return home to Spain.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The year Toscanelli made his map.
When is 1474?
How did Columbus treat the Native Americans?
He kidnapped and enslaved some of them and took them back to Spain.