1)He was born in … a) 1446 b) 1451 c) ) Many people of that time thought that the Earth is … a) round b) square c) flat 3) Columbus decided to prove that the Earth is… a) round b) square c) flat 4) He also wanted to find the shortest way from… a) Europe to Asia b) Asia to Europe c) America to England 5) He wanted to reach East by sailing a) North b) West c) South 6) He went to the sea by…ships 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

7) …after a long tiring voyage they saw a new land a) In September b) in October c) in November 8) It was …near a new continent a) an island b) a peninsular c) a country 9) The native Americans are called … because he thought it was an island of the East Indies a) Americans b) Indians c) aborigines 10) He went to the New World… a) 1 more time b) 2 more times 3) 3 more times 11) He … that he discovered a new continent a) didn’t know b) knew and was proud c) was unhappy 12) America was discovered on the 12 th of October a) 1492 b) 1587 c) 1942 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

1.He was born in 1451 (b) 2.Many people of that time thought that the Earth is flat (c) 3.Columbus decided to prove that the Earth is round (a) 4.He also wanted to find the shortest way from Europe to Asia (a) 5.He wanted to reach East by sailing West (b) 6.He went to the sea by 3 ships (c) 7.In October after a long tiring voyage they saw a new land (b) 8.It was an island near a new continent (a) 9.The native Americans are called Indians because he thought it was an island of the East Indies (b) 10.He went to the New World 3 more times (c) 11.He didn’t know that he discovered a new continent (a) 12.America was discovered on the 12 th of October 1492 (a) CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

NameNation (country)Years of voyagesDiscoveries and explorations FAMOUS SEAMEN

NameNation (country)Years of voyagesDiscoveries and explorations 1. R. Scott (1868)English (England) Antarctic ( 2 nd reached the South Pole) 2. V. Bering ( ) Danish (Denmark) North: Kamchatka, Okhotsk 3. J. CookEnglish (England) Pacific, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia South Hawaii, Oceania FAMOUS SEAMEN

4. F. Magellan (1480) Portuguese (Portugal) world circumnavigation, Strait, Philippines, Guam 4. Vasco da GamaPortuguese (Portugal) West Africa, India 5. Amerigo Vespucchi (1451 – 1512) Italian (Italy)16 centurySouth America 6. Ch Columbus (1446) Italian (Italy)1492Discovered New World 7. Nevelskoy G.I.Russian (Russia)1849Sakhalin, the Amur, the Tartar Strait 8. Makarov S.O.Russian (Russia)1886Round the world, World Ocean FAMOUS SEAMEN