Show:
The Beginning
Columbus gets Permission
The voyage across
Arriving in the New World
Impact of the voyage
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Who sailed to the Americas before Columbus?
The vikings (Leif Erikson).
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How many people did Christopher Columbus have to ask to get money to build his ships?
What is three
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What did Columbus think they had sailed to when they saw the first Island?
The Indies (India)
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Did Christopher Columbus stay in the New World until he died?
No.
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Did people think of Christopher Columbus as a hero when he died?
No
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Where was Christopher Columbus born?
What is Italy
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What are the names of the three ships that Columbus built for his voyage?
What is the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
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Columbus's crew got nervous and they wanted to....
What is turn back toward Spain
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Where was the island that Columbus landed ?
Near Florida, in the Caribbean.
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What did the king and queen of Spain name Columbus?
The Admiral of the ocean sea
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How did most people get to Asia to trade before Christopher Columbus?
What is by foot
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Who finally gave Columbus permission to build the ships needed to complete the voyage
The King and Queen of Spain
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What did Columbus call the people he found in the Indies
"Indians"
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What did Columbus name the new island he had found?
San Salvador
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What types of things did Christopher Columbus go back to Spain with?
New foods, animals, and a few Indians
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What did most people think the world looked like before Christopher Columbus made his voyage?
Most People knew the world was ROUND.
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What year did Columbus set sail for the New World
What is 1492
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How long did Columbus sail for on his first voyage? (Days, Weeks, Months, or years)
Months
400
What did Columbus put on the Island to claim it for Spain?
A Flag
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What had happened to the people on the island when Columbus went back to the New World to colonize
The Indians had killed them
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Why did Columbus want to Travel to Asia?
To find a new trade route for Spices.
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What ocean did Columbus have to cross to get to the New World?
What is the Atlantic Ocean
500
What makes a sail boat move across water?
Wind
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When did Columbus arrive in the New World
October 12
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How many voyages did Columbus make to the New World
Four