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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
  Columbus Day
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EASTINDIES
QUEENISABELLA
ATLANTICOCEAN
SANTAMARIA
SANSALVADOR
KINGFERDINAND
NATIVES
AMERICA
CARAVEL
UNCHARTED
ISLAND
NINA
SAILOR
SPAIN
PINTA
SAIL
NEWWORLD
SHIP
GRASSHUTS

 

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1.  Columbus found primitive people living in these (2 words)
2.  people who were born and lived in the New World before explorers ever came
6.  the uncharted Sea of Darkness (2 words)
7.  the island where Columbus first landed. He claimed it for Spain and called it this. (2 words)
9.  Columbus' destination; a land Columbus believed was rich with gold and spices (2 words)
10.  on October 12, 1492, the ships landed on this in the Bahamas
11.  small, fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century
14.  one of the three small, fast, Spanish sailing ships that Columbus sailed to the New World
15.  the country that finally agreed to help Columbus make his voyage; Columbus set sail from here August 3, 1492
17.  a piece of canvas that catches the wind
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3.  Columbus sailed west across the ___ Atlantic Ocean
4.  a member of a ship's crew
5.  a large boat
8.  female ruler of Spain in 1492 (2 words)
12.  Columbus traveled to the New World on this small, fast, Spanish sailing ship (2 words)
13.  male ruler of Spain in 1492 (2 words)
16.  one of the three small, fast, Spanish sailing ships that Columbus sailed to the New World
18.  the continent Columbus reached on his search for a new route to the Far East
19.  a world that no one in Europe knew about--America (2 words)

 

Answer Key
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NCHARTED
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4S
AILOR
5S
HIPV
6A
HET
7S
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8Q
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EN
10I
SABELLA
TASAN
SSL
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NS
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ANTAMARIATA
INRIL
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ID
15S
VOA
16P
INTA
17S
IPECD
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18A
MERICALEO
ISIAR
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