The Age of Exploration (Chapter 4 to 6)

Columbus told his crew that they had covered fifteen leagues, even though they had really traveled

eighteen leagues.

What is leagues?

• Unit of distance, approximately equal to three miles.

• Unit of distance, approximately equal to five miles.

• Unit of speed, approximately equal to five miles per hour.

• Unit of speed, approximately equal to three miles per hour.

Being tired and feared, eventually the sailors threatened a mutiny.

What is mutiny?

• the rebellion of a ship’s

  crew against the captain

• the rebellion of a ship’s

  crew against the government

• a joyous occassion for celebration of victory

• a feeling of sadness and fear due to travelling far away from the shores.

After several days of voyage on the ocean with Columbus, the sailors spotted birds that

were known to live on land and saw a bush floating in the ocean.

What does it imply?

• There is land nearby

• There is no land nearby

• There is more ocean nearby

• They have reached back home to Spain

During his first visit, Columbus reached a group of island called as the ______.

Columbus claimed the Bahamas for which country?

• Spain
• Portugal
• England
• France

After leaving Bahamas, Columbus landed to Cuba and Hispaniola.

Today, Hispaniola consists of which of the following countries?

• Haiti and Puerto Rico

• Dominican Republic and Jamaica

• Haiti and Dominica Republic

• Haiti and Jamaica

When Columbus returned from his first visit, he reported to the King of Spain that he visited Japan.

Which country he had actually visited?

• Jamaica

• Dominican Republic

• Cuba

• China

Finally, diplomats from Spain and Portugal worked out an agreement. In 1494, they drew an imaginary

line from the North Pole to the South Pole.

What is the meaning of diplomats?

• someone who represents the government of one country in another country

• someone who works in an army or navy for a country

• someone who works in the finance department of a government

• someone who works in the labor department of a government

In his last voyage, Columbus was shipwrecked in which island?

Americas was named after which explorer?