History 7 / Carlton                              COLUMBUS AND THE SPANISH
1. WHERE AND WHEN WAS COLUMBUS BORN ?

2. WHY WAS  IT GOOD FORTUNE FOR COLUMBUS TO BE SHIPWRECKED NEAR 

    PRINCE HENRY'S CENTER FOR NAVIGATORS ?

3. WHEN DID COLUMBUS DECIDE TO SAIL WEST TO REACH ASIA ?  HOW FAR DID HE 

    THINK IT WAS ?

4. WHO DID COLUMBUS FINALLY GET TO PAY FOR HIS TRIP ?


5. GIVE THE EXACT DATE OF HIS LEAVING FROM SPAIN ?  WHEN DID LAND ?


6. ACCORDING TO COLUMBUS' JOURNAL ENTRY, WHAT DID HE THINK MIGHT HAPPEN IF 

    THE VOYAGE  CONTINUED ?

7. WHAT LAND DID COLUMBUS THINK HE HAD FOUND ?


8. HOW DID SPAIN KEEP PORTUGAL FROM EXPLORING THE NEW WORLD ?


9. HOW MANY MILLION POUNDS OF GOLD & SILVER WERE SHIPPED TO SPAIN FROM THE 

    NEW WORLD IN 1600 ?

10. WHAT DID MANY SPANISH CONQUERORS DO TO NATIVE PEOPLES ? {3THINGS} 


11. WHAT KILLED MILLIONS OF NATIVES IN THE 1500'S ?