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5th grade Lesson 5.1

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  • Christopher Columbus was from _______, so he was _______.
    Spain/Spanish
  • a community ruled by another country, not by its own people
    colony
  • What did the early Spanish settlers do to the Native Americans?
    FORCED them to work in fields and mines
  • What did Columbus name the island that he arrived at?
    San Salvador
  • When Columbus died in ________, he still did not know that he had reached the ________.
    1506/Americas
  • What date did Columbus sight land on?
    October 12, 1492
  • a Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain
    conquistador
  • What did Columbus call the people at the island and why?
    Indians b/c he believed he had reached the East Indies
  • the supposed route across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for but never found
    Northwest Passage
  • Later, Spanish explorers not only found gold, but they also found ________.
    the perfect climate for cash crops
  • When did Columbus set sail?
    August 3, 1492
  • Columbus was 14 when he became a _______.
    sailor
  • What is the Columbian Exchange?
    the flow of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas
  • Europeans had ______ in the Americas and ________ grew between _____ and ______ (which two places)?
    colonies/trade/Americas and Europe
  • a sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air
    contagious disease
  • What did the people who financed Columbus's trip give him for the trip?
    three ships and 90 men
  • a term used mostly in the past for Southeast Asia, including modern-day India, Indonesia, and Malaysia
    East Indies
  • How old was Columbus when he became a sailor?
    14
  • How many trips did Columbus make after his first one?
    three
  • What book inspired Christopher Columbus when he was young?
    a book about Marco Polo's travels
  • Christopher Colubus believed he could reach (what continent) faster by sailing (what direction) across (which ocean)?
    Asia/west/Atlantic
  • What 2 things did Columbus believe that made him think he could get to Asia faster by sailing west across the Atlantic?
    1. that the world was much smaller than it was. 2. that there was just one ocean
  • Who agreed to finance Columbus's trip? Where were they from?
    King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from Spain
  • Who did Columbus ask to pay for his trip? Did this plan work?
    the king of Portugal/no
  • What three things did the people who financed Columbus's trip want in return?
    1. wealth (riches, gold, silver). 2. the spread of Catholicism 3. land/new lands
  • What year did Columbus make his final trip?
    1504
  • What does San Salvador mean?
    Holy Savior
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