8170 christopher columbus

Name: __________________

Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator and explorer who toured across the
Atlantic Ocean and discovered the American continents.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He worked with his father at
his cheese stand. He was a student of the Prince Henry’s School of Navigation,
located in Portugal.
Columbus began his first voyage on 1492.He sailed to the Canary Islands from where
he left for a five-day tour across the waters. On 1492, one of the sailors
accompanying Columbus noticed a patch of land, which is today a part of the
Bahamas. Columbus took a risk and went to parts of Cuba and Hispaniola.
Columbus did not realize that he had arrived in a new part of the world. He was
convinced that he was in India. For this reason, he called the natives who lived on
these islands the Indians.

Answer the questions:
1. W hat was Chr isto pher Columbus’s job?
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2. W her e was Columbus bor n?
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3. W hen did Columbus be gin his fir st voyage?
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4. W ho had noticed the patch of lands, which is today a par t of the Bahamas?
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5. W hy did Columbus call the natives w ho lived in the land he discover ed
Indians?

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Answer Sheet
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator and explorer who toured
across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the American continents.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He worked with his
father at his cheese stand. He was a student of the Prince Henry’s School of
Navigation, located in Portugal.
Columbus began his first voyage on 1492.He sailed to the Canary Islands
from where he left for a five-day tour across the waters. On 1492, one of
the sailors accompanying Columbus noticed a patch of land, which is today a
part of the Bahamas. Columbus took a risk and went to parts of Cuba and
Hispaniola.
Columbus did not realize that he had arrived in a new part of the world. He
was convinced that he was in India. For this reason, he called the natives
who lived on these islands the Indians.
Answer the questions:
1. What was Christopher Columbus’s job?

Christopher Columbus was a navigator and explorer.
2. Where was Columbus born?

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy.

3. When did Columbus begin his first voyage?

Columbus began his first voyage on 1492.
4. Who had noticed the patch of lands, which is today a part of the Bahamas?

On 1492, one of the sailors accompanying Columbus noticed a patch of
land, which is today a part of the Bahamas.

5. Why did Columbus call the natives who lived in the land he discovered Indians?

Because Columbus did not realize that he had arrived in a new part of
the world. He was convinced that he was in India.