Coming of the Europeans

Question 1

Where and when was Christopher Columbus born?

Answer 1

Genoa, Italy in about 1451

Question 2

Columbus’s birth name was?

Answer 2

Cristoforo Columbo

Question 3

Columbus was the son of a _________

Answer 3

weaver

Question 4

From 1477, whenever Columbus wasn’t at sea he lived where?

Answer 4

Lisbon

Question 5

What influenced columbus to believe that it was possible to reach the east( indies )by sailing to the west?

Answer 5

ptolemy’s geography and the views of Paolo Toscanelli

Question 6

What was the nationality of Paolo Toscanelli?

Answer 6

Italian

Question 7

What was the name that the Europeans used to call China?

Answer 7

Cathay

Question 8

Paolo Toscanelli estimated that the distance from Europe to Cathay was no more than _________?

Answer 8

5000 nautical miles

Question 9

Define patronage

Answer 9

the support given by an organization to someone (a patron)

Question 10

What was the name of Columbus’s younger brother?

Answer 10

Bartholomew

Question 11

Who was Queen Isabella’s husband?

Answer 11

King Ferdinand of Aragon

Question 12

Queen Isabella agreed to columbus’s first project in?

Answer 12

`1492

Question 13

What was the agreement that was made between Columbus and Queen Isabella?

Answer 13

all the lands that were discovered would be the exclusive property of the House of castile and should be settled by only castillians. In return Isabella would give Columbus three caravels, the title of “Viceroy” of all the lands he discovered with control over their trade and shipping and a tenth share of their wealth.

Question 14

In what year was Columbus’s first voyage?

Answer 14

1492

Question 15

What were the names of Columbus’s three ships and how much did they weigh?

Answer 15

Nina (50 tons), Pinta (54 tons), Santa Maria (90 tons)

Question 16

Which of Columbus’s three ships was his flagship?

Answer 16

Santa Maria

Question 17

Columbus chose two brothers as his other captains on his first voyage, what were their names?

Answer 17

Martin Pinzón & Vicente Pinzón

Question 18

How many men made up Columbus’s ship crew on his first voyage?

Answer 18

94 men

Question 19

Columbus sailed from Palos in south-west Spain on?

Answer 19

August 3, 1492

Question 20

Columbus made first for the Canary Islands the ____________ off the north-west coast of Africa which after it had been discovered in the __________ century, had been awarded to _______ by the Pope.

Answer 20

archipelago, fourteenth, Spain

Question 21

On ___________ Columbus’s crew saw ________ which indicated land and the next day Columbus sighted an island in the Bahamas to which he gave the name ____________.

Answer 21

October 11, birds, San Salvador.

Question 22

Columbus explored the northern coast of Cuba which he named _________ after _______________________

Answer 22

Juana, Prince Juan of Spain

Question 23

What is the windward passage?

Answer 23

a strait in the Caribbean Sea between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola

Question 24

Columbus and his crew landed at Hispaniola on __________

Answer 24

December 16, 1492

Question 25

At a place on the north coast now called Caracol Bay, Columbus decided to found a settlement called __________?
Why did he name it that?

Answer 25

La Navidad, because it was christmas time when he found it

Question 26

How many men volunteered to stay with Columbus at the settlement he found at Caracol Bay?

Answer 26

40 men

Question 27

A friendly cacique named _______________ assisted in carrying timbers from the wrecked Santa Maria to help build a fort

Answer 27

Guacanagari

Question 28

Columbus set sail in the Nina on his return voyage on ___________, and two days later the Pinta rejoined him.

Answer 28

January 4, 1493

Question 29

Name four things Columbus brought back home after his first voyage

Answer 29

parrots, gold, cotton and nine taino captives

Question 30

Why were Tainos referred to as Indians?

Answer 30

Columbus b was convinced that he had reached the Indies

Question 31

Columbus’s two ships arrived back to Palos from his first voyage on _____________________

Answer 31

March 13, 1493

Question 32

After Columbus’s first voyage, their was some sensation in Spain. What happened?

Answer 32

Columbus was made ‘Admiral of the Ocean Sea Viceroy and Governor of the Islands that he hath discovered in the Indies’ and in April 1493 he was received with great excitement by the King and Queen of Barcelona, where they were holding court.

Question 33

When did Columbus make his second voyage into the new world?

Answer 33

1493-1496

Question 34

How many months after his return from his first voyage was Columbus sent back for his second?

Answer 34

seven months

Question 35

Define armada

Answer 35

a fleet of warships

Question 36

For his second voyage, Columbus was provided with an armada of _____ ships. Between these carried atleast _____ seamen, colonists, clergy and officials with not one ______ among them. The nine Taino captives were also included to act as _______.

Answer 36

17, 1200, woman, interpreters

Question 37

Name a few things which were taken from the second voyage

Answer 37

cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, and sugar cane from the Canary Islands

Question 38

On his second voyage Columbus reached the Indies on ________________ at ________

Answer 38

November 3, 1493, Dominica

Question 39

How did the Caribbean island ‘Dominica’ receive its name?

Answer 39

Columbus named Dominica after the Spanish word for Sunday.

Question 40

When Columbus reached the West Indies in 1493 he was first at Dominica and from there he went to ___________ and to ___________

Answer 40

Marie Galante, Guadeloupe

Question 41

How did the island ‘Marie Galante’ in Guadeloupe receive its name?

Answer 41

Columbus named Marie Galante after his flagship Santa Maria.

Question 42

Define flagship

Answer 42

the ship that carries the commander of a fleet

Question 43

Name all the islands that Columbus named on his second voyage

Answer 43

Montserrat, Redonda, Antigua, Nevis, St. Christopher, St. Eustatius, Saba, Santa Cruz, and the Virgin Islands.

Question 44

Columbus was making first for Hispaniola, but he stopped first at Puerto Rico where he found a Taino tribe called ________

Answer 44

Borinquen

Question 45

Columbus reached La Navidad on ______________ to find that the settlement _____________. he had left it under the care of ______________ and warned his men _____________. Columbus blamed the Taino and took revenge by _________ them.

Answer 45

November 27, disappeared, Guacanagari, not to interfere with local women, massacring

Question 46

Columbus sent some Taino back to Spain as ________, but _________ set them free and was angry with Columbus.

Answer 46

slaves, Isabella

Question 47

Define mutiny

Answer 47

to refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority

Question 48

The Spanish settlers were unhappy at finding so little gold and they _______ when Columbus put them to work building another settlement on the north coast which he named _________..

Answer 48

mutinied, Isabella

Question 49

What was the name of Columbus’s unpopular brother whom he left in charge of Hispaniola when he went exploring?

Answer 49

Diego

Question 50

When Columbus returned to Hispaniola he was faced with a Taino attack which nearly all the _______ except _________ had united. With only _____ armed men, Columbus defeated thousands of Taino on the _________.

Answer 50

caciques, Guacanagari, 200, Vega Real Plain

Question 51

After the defeat in Hispaniola, Columbus enslaved _____ tainos. All the males over ______yrs were forced to labor for the Spaniards or pay a tribute of _______________________________ every _______ months.

Answer 51

500, a half an ounce of gold or twenty five pounds of cotton, 3

Question 52

Bad reports of the Columbus brother were heard sympathetically by ________?
Who is he?

Answer 52

Juan de Fonseca, the controller of the settlement of the Indies who was jealous of Columbus