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Exploring and Moving to America

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    The Voyage of Columbus in 1492 • how the king and queen funded Columbus’s voyage • Niña, Pinta, & Santa Maria
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  • What is an adventure?
    An exciting and dangerous journey
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  • What is an adventurer?
    Someone who makes a dangerous of exciting journey or trip.
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  • What does sail mean?
    To travel on a ship.
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  • What is a dock?
    A flat place built on land into the water so a ship can be loaded and unloaded there.
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  • Where did Christopher Columbus live?
    He and his brother lived in Italy, in the city of Genoa.
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  • A captain is... a) the person in charge of the ship b) the doctor on a ship c) the person who works on a ship
    a) the person in charge of the ship
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  • Is the Earth flat or round?
    The Earth is round.
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  • Where did the spices come from that Christopher wanted to trade?
    They came from the Indies, also known as Asia.
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  • How did people get to the Indies?
    Some people sailed partway across seas or oceans and then carried goods on camels across hot, sandy deserts.
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  • What is this animal?
    A camel.
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  • What are these called?
    Spices
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  • What did some people think if you sailed West?
    You would fall of Earth.
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  • Which direction did Christopher want to sail? a) West b) East c) North
    a) West
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  • How many ships did the King and Queen give Christopher? a) 1 ship b) 3 ships c) 6 ships
    b) 3 ships
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