about christopher columbus

1.Children in The US learned that Christopher Columbus discovered America in ______________ but he didn’t because millions of people already lived there when he arrived.

• 1942

• 1943

• 1944

1.In Christopher Columbus time, there was a theory that the earth was ___________than what was believed before.

• the same

• bigger

• smaller

1.Christopher tried to get funding for his sailing to the west from ___________’s king but failed.

• America

• Portugal

• Spain

1.___________'s king and queen were the ones who gave Columbus three ships for his journey.

• Spain

• France

• Italy

1.Christopher Columbus thought that the The Caribbean was _____________.

• China

• India

• Japan

1.To increase profit, Christopher Columbus started _____________ and sent over 500 Taino people to Spain as slaves.

• slave trade

• sell things

• build houses

Taino people were punished brutally if they didn’t find enough gold. Over the first few years of Columbus tribute system, ____________Taino people died

• 25.000

• 15.000

• 50.000

1.Columbus died in _____________.

• 1506

• 1407

• 1990

1.Columbus died at the age of_______________.

• 56

• 55

• 54

1.Columbus is not a ____________. He destroyed lives of millions native inhabitants.

• explorer

• leader

• hero