Who Am I?
Italian navigator who sailed for Spain and discovered America
What happened on October 12, 1492? Where did this event take place?
Columbus discovered America. He landed on San Salvador.
Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
Greater Antilles
Smallest bird
Bee hummingbird
This island is the only part of the United States Columbus ever visited; its residents are U.S. citizens.
Puerto Rico
Spanish rulers who financed the voyage of Columbus
Ferdinand and Isabella
Where does the name "Caribbean Sea" come from? What does it mean?
The Caribbean Sea was named for the Carib tribe, whose name means "Cannibals"
The Virgin Islands, the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Netherland Antilles
Lesser Antilles
Sea mammal; small whale
Dolphin
This island, whose name means "Island of Springs," is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Jamaica
First European to view the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Balboa
Who met Columbus on the island of San Salvador? What other tribe did he meet?
The Arawak; the Carib
An archipelago about 2,500 miles long in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas
West Indies
Fish with a spearlike snout up to two feet long
Marlin
This country is the second oldest independent nation in the western Hemisphere.
Haiti
Explorer who renamed the South Sea the Pacific Ocean because it seemed calm
Magellan
What was the first European city in the Americas and where was it located?
Isabela; Hispaniola
A group of many islands lying northwest of the Greater Antilles, including San Salvador, New Providence, and Nassau
Bahamas
Northeastern Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
This is the most mountainous country of the West Indies
Dominican Republic
Freed black slave from the United States who went to Jamaica to preach the gospel
George Liele
What did Columbus discover on his third voyage? His fourth voyage?
The mouth of the Orinoco River in South America; The Isthmus of Panama
Group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean 580 miles southeast of North Carlina; not part of the West Indies although they are often included with them
Bermuda
Largest shell found in American waters
Horse conch
This island of the Bahamas is probably where Columbus first landed in the New World
San Salvador