2. Christopher Columbus was born in ________ in _________ _______.
His education was ________, and he went to sea around the year _____ as a teenager.
1451
Genoa, Italy
limited
1470
In 1476, he had shipwrecked off the coast of __________. Soon after he joined his brother Bartolomeo as a ______________ in Lisbon.
Portugal
cartographer

3. He sailed to ___________ in 1477 and a year later he worked as a ___________ for the firm Centurioni.
Iceland
merchant
Columbus married a woman of a noble _____________ family and had a son.
Portuguese
He spent the years between 1482 and 1485 trading along the _________________________
West African Coast

4. In 1485 Columbus’s wife died of a _________ and he moved to _________, where he met a woman from a noble family, and they had a son.
disease
Spain
During his time in Portugal, Columbus heard stories of sailors trying to reach ________ by sailing west. He hoped to
make a voyage like
that himself.
Asia

5. At the time, sailing west to reach Asia was a big idea
At the time, sailing west to reach Asia was a big idea. Not because many people still thought the Earth was ________, but because they did not know how big Earth really was!
flat
After proposing an expedition across
the _________ to the rulers of many countries, most of them told him no!
But he finally was given
funding from the King and
Queen of _________.
Atlantic
Spain

6. Spain supplied the ships the ______, the ______, and the _______ _______.
‘Nina’
‘Pinta’
‘Santa Maria’
Columbus and his fleet left for the _________ Ocean, in September ______.
Atlantic
1492
He and his crew had been at sea for
5 weeks when, on October 12th _____, they landed in an Island Columbus named ______________.
1492
San Salvador

7. Columbus sailed on to ________, then to present day _________, where, on Christmas day, the Santa Maria ran aground and was _____________.
Cuba
Haiti
wrecked
Columbus established a small settlement on Haiti called ____ _________. It consisted of ___ men and a fort made of the timber from the wreck.
La Navidad 39

8. In January _____, Columbus headed back to Spain aboard the _________, which was separated from the Pinta, and finally returned home in _________.
1493
Nina
March
In September, Christopher Columbus left on a second voyage with a fleet of more than ___ ships, and over 1500 men. (one of whom was _____________________) 16
Juan Ponce de Leon

9. In November 1493, he and his fleet neared an island, which Columbus named _____________.
Dominica
He sailed past the island and toward his settlement, ____ _________. On arrival, he found that his small fort had been destroyed and the men had been killed. He created a new settlement and named it ____ ________.
La Navidad
La Isabela

10. On February 2nd _____, Columbus sent a fleet of 12 ships back to Spain, full of ______, slaves, and _______. The fleet also delivered news of the lost settlement at La Navidad.
1494
riches
spices
On March 10th _______, Columbus left his two brothers in charge of ____ ________, and set sail for Spain.
1496
La Isabela

11. Columbus left for his 3rd voyage with 6 ships, three of which were sent to the _______________ with supplies. He left in 1498.
settlement
Columbus and his three ships headed towards present day _______ _________, and, he realized at the time the he had discovered a new ______________.
South America
continent

12. When Columbus reached the settlement, he found a __________ had taken place, and he attempted to regain control in a way that included ___________.
rebellion
executions
Spain got wind of the problem and sent men to ____________. It was decided that Columbus and his family were at fault and they were
__________.
investigate
arrested

13. Columbus was released and was permitted to go on another voyage, but he was replaced as governor by, ________ ___ _________.
Nicolas de Ovando
With his brother, son, and a fleet of 4 ships, Columbus resumed his search for a passage to _______, exploring the ____________ and mainly __________.
India
Caribbean
Panama

14. He had attempted to set up a fort in _________, but was stopped by an attack by hostile __________.
Panama
natives
Columbus’s ships were badly damaged and when he had landed on present day ___________. The ships were useless and he found himself a ____________.
Jamaica
stranded
Two crewmen successfully canoed to ____ _________, to find help for the Columbus.
La Isabela

15. Finally help arrived in June _____, and soon Columbus was sailing back to Spain.
1504
During his final years, Columbus felt
_______________, and poorly ___________.
He asked the king over and over again to be reward for his ______________ but he never was.
He died in 1506.
unappreciated
rewarded
discoveries

16. Christopher Columbus lived
and died in Spain.
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy.
Christopher Columbus was shipwrecked in Portugal.

17. First voyage- 1493-1493 Second voyage- 1493-1496 Third voyage-
Fourth voyage-