Christopher Columbus and His First Voyage

When did Christopher Columbus and his crew land on an island near the Caribbean?

• October 12, 1492

• November 25, 1492

• December 31, 1492

• January 15, 1493

What did Christopher Columbus call the indigenous people he encountered?

• Indians

• Natives

• Islanders

• Explorers

How did the island people behave towards Columbus and his crew?

• Simple, honest, and generous

• Suspicious and hostile

• Greedy and selfish

• Indifferent and uninterested

What did Columbus forbid his men from giving to the island people?

• Trifles and articles of no value

• Gold and precious gems

• Food and water

• Weapons and tools

What was Columbus's motive for giving valuable items to the island people?

• To win their friendship and convert them to Christianity

• To exploit their resources and wealth

• To establish a trade network with them

• To assert Spanish dominance over them

Unimportant things

connect each word with its meaning

• To exchange goods or services for other.

• Golden Nobles

• An article to trade, buy, or sell

• Commodity

• English gold coins

• Induce

• To win over; to try to gain friendship

• Conciliate

• To persuade

• Barterd

they also give objects of great value for ​ (a)  

• trifles
• commodity
• barterd
• conciliate

I did this in order that I might the more easily ​ (a)  

• conciliate
• barterd
• commodity
• induce

Who is Christopher Columbus

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