Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was from

• Spain

• France

• Italy

• Portugal

European nations wanted to find

• better trade routes to get the spices and silks of Asia

• to get sweet smelling tobacco

• to find slaves

• to explore Greenland

Columbus first asked the king of _______ to pay for his trip.

• Italy

• Spain

• Portugal

• France

Columbus became a sailor when he was

• 20

• 14

• 35

• 50

The king of Portugal refused to pay for his trip because he thought

• it was a silly idea.

• it would cost too much money.

• Columbus was an evil man.

• it was shorter to sail around Africa.

Columbus believed

• the Earth was round.

• the Earth had only one ocean.

• the Earth was flat.

• the Earth was larger than it is.

Columbus' first trip to the New World, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, took about

• a year.

• 6 months.

• 3 months.

• 2 months.

Columbus named the first island he landed on San Salvador. The name means:

• Holy Savior

• City of Salamanders

• Son of Sal

• Angels on High

Columbus called people living on the islands "Indians" because

• he thought he had reached the East Indies.

• that''s who they were.

• he liked the sound of the name.

• they had brown skin.

Something Columbus took back to the King and Queen of Spain was

• tobacco

• sea shells

• slaves

• spices