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Lesson 5.3 The discovery of America

5. The Time of Discoverers and Reformers

Practise questions

1a. The Iberian peninsula is actually today's:

1. Portugal
2. Spain + Portugal
3. America
4. Spain + Aragon

1b. Drag the texts to the correct places in the map

Prince 

Ferdinand

the Moors

Princess 

Isabella

Catholic

Aragon

Muslim

Reconquista

Castile

2. Make the correct combi-

nations

Isabella

Moors

Spain

Ferdinand

Granada

3. Why did Ferdinand and Isabella not support
Columbus before 1492?

4a. Why would the king of Portugal not have been very pleased with Columbus' plans?

4b. Why would the Spanish king Ferdinand react differently to the proposals of Columbus?

4c. Columbus' crew was made up of criminals who had to choose between sailing to the other side of the world or to rot in jail.

Why would it have been hard for Columbus to get a
normal crew for his voyage?

5. Read source A. Columbus told his crew:

1. that they were going slower than they were actually going
2. that they were going faster than they were actually going

6. Read source A. Why would Columbus lie to his crew
about how fast they were going?

7. On a long voyage, food would gradually run out.
At some point Columbus reached a "point of no return".
Can you think of what that meant?

8a. Why did Columbus call the local inhabitants "Indians"?

8b. If you look at the name Columbus used, did he
realise he had made an important new discovery?

9. What type of sources are Source A, B and C?

1. primary non written
2. secondary non written
3. primary written
4. secondary written

10. What type of source is this for someone studying Columbus?

source

Columbus gets presents from the local people. A drawing by Theodor de Bry (1594)

1. primary non written
2. secondary non written
3. primary written
4. secondary written

11a. In what sense were the voyages of Columbus and Vasco da Gama the same?
Write down two similarities

11b. In what sense were the voyages of Columbus and Vasco da Gama different?

12a. Why was the New World eventually called "America"?

12b. Do you know what country was named after Columbus later?

14. Look at the map by Waldseemüller.
Which continent is still missing in this map?

15a. Which one is the odd one out?

1. the Americas
2. West-Indies
3. East-Indies
4. New World

15b. Explain your choice of question 15a.

In the United States, 

the second Monday in October  is

Columbus Day.

16. Use the pictures in the previous slide to describe the controversy of the celebration of Columbus Day.

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