Christopher Columbus Part 1

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1. He was born in	was to the Aegean island
the Italian seaport	of _____.
of _______.	*CHIOS
*GENOA	10. He later moved to
2. What year was he born?	what country, a place
(written)	where his brother
*FOURTEEN FIFTY ONE	Bartholomew was living.
3. His family worked in	*PORTUGAL
what industry.	11. His two sons names were
*WOOL WEAVING	______ and Ferdinand.
4. As a young lad, he	*DIEGO
became an experienced	12. Columbus obtained the
______.	support of the Spanish
*SAILOR	monarchs, _________
5. The art of __________	*FERDINAND
was probably learned	and _______ , to go on
by him at this time.	his voyage across
*NAVIGATION	the Atlantic.
6. By what man was Columbus	*ISABELLA
influenced that the world	13. The names of the three
may be round?	ships that sailed in
*PYTHAGORAS	the voyage were.
7. Columbus decided to	_____
go ____ instead of west	*NINA
*EAST	_____
to find a new route to	*PINTA
______.	_____ ______
*CHINA	*SANTA MARIA
8. He married what woman	14. The ships sailed from
in 1479. ( first and last name	what town and country.
are separate words )	______
*FELIPPA	*PALOS
*PERESTRELO	______
9. His first major voyage	*SPAIN

 

 

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