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Christopher Columbus and his Amazing
Voyages
INSTRUCTORS For further
instructions/information on this Scavenger Hunt,
please click HERE and scroll down to the
"C" section on the page.
STUDENTS
You have been given
several index cards on which you will write the answers to questions
about Christopher Columbus. For this hunt, you will be clicking on
links that will take you to Websites that will tell you more about
this important explorer. On each page you will find, somewhere in
the text, the answers for which you are searching. Please note that
more than one page may contain answers to the questions, so use the
space on your index card to place additional information as you find
it. Just because a question has been "answered" once, does
not mean you will not find more information to add! You will be
graded on how complete your answers are.
Follow the directions and click on the links to find
out about Christopher Columbus and his amazing voyages. Make sure
you scan the material provided on the webpages to find exactly the
right answers to the questions. Remember to use the "back"
button to return to this page.
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:
INDEX CARD ONE
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Where was Christopher Columbus
born?
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How old was Christopher when he
first went to sea?
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What happened to Christopher to
allow him to settle in Portugal?
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When did Columbus die?
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INDEX CARD TWO
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Knowing that the world was round,
what did Columbus wish to establish and discover?
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Who financed Columbus' plan?
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What did 15th century Europeans not
know existed at the time
of Columbus' first voyage? (hint: two continents and
an ocean)
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What did Columbus promise to King
Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella?
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INDEX CARD THREE
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What was promised to Columbus if
his trip was successful?
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What were the names of the three
ships that Columbus sailed with on his first trip?
Which ship was the fastest, and which was the slowest?
Which ship sank?
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What is a popular myth concerning
Columbus' first crew? What is the real truth?
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What Did Columbus discover on his
first trip?
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On October 12, 1492, when Columbus
and his crew reached an island in the Bahamas, what
did the native people give to him? What did Columbus
give to them?
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What did Columbus report to the
court in Madrid that he had found? Had he really found
what he had claimed to have found?
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With what did Columbus build a fort
- La Navidad - on the island of Hispaniola?
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INDEX CARD FOUR
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What Did Columbus discover on his
second trip?
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What Did Columbus discover on his
third trip?
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People were in the Americas long
before Columbus stumbled upon them. Who was reportedly
the first group to settle the Americas? Who was the
second group?
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Why does Columbus receive so much
attention if he indeed did not discover
America?
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SITES FOR INFORMATION:
WHO REALLY DISCOVERED AMERICA?
COLUMBUS' SHIPS
Copyright 1998 Jan Purnell
Permission granted to reproduce only for use in the classroom.
PLEASE READ THIS STATEMENT
BEFORE COPYING
THIS MATERIAL IN ANY FORM.
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