Book: A History of The United States
Author: Boorstin and Kelley
Unit: 1
Chapter: 1
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Questions
1. What continent was Europe’s treasure?
2. How long would it take to reach Beijing from Venice?
3. Look at a map, where is Venice located?
4. Look at a map, where is Beijing located?
5. How would you take your treasures from Beijing to China?
6. Look at a map, where are the Azores?
7. Where was Christopher Columbus born?
8. What was Christopher Columbus’s brother’s name?
9. Look in a dictionary, what is a geographer?
10. Who is the Greek geographer that Christopher Columbus read his book?
11. What year did Bartholomeu Dias round the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa?
12. Where did Columbus form his enterprise?
13. What are caravels?
14. What were the names of the caravels?
15. When did Columbus set sail?
16. How many days was Columbus at sea?
17. When did he discover the New World?
18. What island did Columbus discover?
19. What did the natives call the island?
20. What did Columbus name it?
21. What island did Columbus hope was Japan?
22. In what island did the ship, Santa Maria, get wrecked on?
23. In what island did Columbus built a fort on, and what did he call the island?
24. How many men stayed on the island?
25. When did he set sail for home?
26. When did he arrive to Spain?
27. How many voyages did Columbus make after his first voyage?
28. What year did Columbus make his last voyage?
29. What year did Columbus die?
Author: Boorstin and Kelley
Unit: 1
Chapter: 1
U-$1.00-B-0.0046743907-BE-214
Go to Answer Key
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Questions
1. What continent was Europe’s treasure?
2. How long would it take to reach Beijing from Venice?
3. Look at a map, where is Venice located?
4. Look at a map, where is Beijing located?
5. How would you take your treasures from Beijing to China?
6. Look at a map, where are the Azores?
7. Where was Christopher Columbus born?
8. What was Christopher Columbus’s brother’s name?
9. Look in a dictionary, what is a geographer?
10. Who is the Greek geographer that Christopher Columbus read his book?
11. What year did Bartholomeu Dias round the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa?
12. Where did Columbus form his enterprise?
13. What are caravels?
14. What were the names of the caravels?
15. When did Columbus set sail?
16. How many days was Columbus at sea?
17. When did he discover the New World?
18. What island did Columbus discover?
19. What did the natives call the island?
20. What did Columbus name it?
21. What island did Columbus hope was Japan?
22. In what island did the ship, Santa Maria, get wrecked on?
23. In what island did Columbus built a fort on, and what did he call the island?
24. How many men stayed on the island?
25. When did he set sail for home?
26. When did he arrive to Spain?
27. How many voyages did Columbus make after his first voyage?
28. What year did Columbus make his last voyage?
29. What year did Columbus die?
