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Reasons For Discovery
Christopher Columbus
On the way to America
The Path Taken
After the First Voyage
100
This is the passage that Columbus wanted to take.
What is the Northwest Passage?
100
This is the country that Columbus was from.
What is Spain
100
Columbus had brought this many ships on the journey.
What is 3?
100
This is where Columbus first landed in America.
What is Rodrigo de Triana?
100
This country was competing with Spain on exploration.
What is Portugal?
200
This is the religion that Spain was trying to spread.
What is Christianity?
200
Columbus was this old on his first voyage.
What is 14 years old?
200
This is how long the voyage lasted.
What is 5 weeks?
200
This is modern day Rodrigo de Triana.
What is the Bahamas?
200
This treaty solved the Portugal and Spain argument.
What is the treaty of Tordesillas?
300
The Northwest passage lead to this.
What is the Orient?
300
This was the reason Columbus moved to Spain.
What is because his wife died?
300
This is where they made a pit-stop.
What is the Canary Islands?
300
This is where Columbus believed that he had landed.
What is the Indies?
300
This is what the Spaniards had the Taino people do for them.
What is mine gold and plant crops?
400
This is what King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella hoped to expand.
What is their empire?
400
This is the reason that Columbus could not make voyages to explore at first.
What is because he could not get grants?
400
The voyage began in this month.
What is August?
400
These are the people that Columbus met in America.
What are the Indians?
400
Columbus went back to America this many times.
What is 2 times?
500
Columbus promised this to the passengers.
What is wealth?
500
This royal couple gave Columbus grants to make his voyages with.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
500
This is what many people died from.
What is starvation and illness?
500
This ship crashed off of the coast of Hispaniola.
What is the Santa Maria?
500
This was the reason that Columbus's colonists wanted to go back on the second time.
What is because they grew impatient?