| columbus definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | ohio | 164 sets |
| 2 | italian navigator who discovered the new world in the service of spain while looking for a route to china (1451-1506) | 29 sets |
| 3 | this was the man who discovered americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the east but instead landed in the west indies. | 8 sets |
| 4 | spain was interested in getting into the spice trade. columbus was a northern italian unemployed sailor. he said another way of getting to the india instead of going around africa was to go west and you would eventually run into the middle east. the portuguese thought columbus was crazy and turned him down. king ferdinand and queen isabella of spain (along with others) financed his voyage. after a long voyage the crew was ready to mutiny so he made a deal with his men to give him a few more days before turning back. they hit land a few days later on the hispaniola and encountered native americans cans who lived on the islands. they tried to trade with the natives but the natives wanted nothing to do with columbus and his men. columbus was convinced that he had found some unknown islands in asia. he took one of natives back to spain with him. columbus returned back to the island and realized these natives had gold and silver. the spanish forced the native americans to locate and produce gold and silver. this made the native americans mad so they revolted. the spaniards roasted the revolutionaries alive. columbus was arrested for brutality when he returned to spain. he was later released and went on more explorations. | 4 sets |
| 5 | discovered america | 4 sets |
| 6 | found elsalvador? | 4 sets |
| 7 | capital of ohio | 4 sets |
| 8 | blue jackets | 4 sets |
| 9 | first to discover the "new world" (didn't realize it was new though) | 3 sets |
| 10 | columbus is italian | 3 sets |
| 11 | 0 | 3 sets |
| 12 | an italian who was looking to find a better way to reach the indies, a parat of asia rich with gold, spices and other goods. he suggested sailing west across the atlantic ocean. he led four expediciotyns between euroup and the new world. | 3 sets |
| 13 | italian sailor supported by the rulers of spain he reached the americas in 1492, becoming the first european to do so. | 3 sets |
| 14 | the king and queen of spain supported his mission because they hoped he would find a westerly route to asia | 3 sets |
| 15 | spain | 3 sets |
| 16 | an explorer whose famous voyage in 1492 was to search for a new sea route to asia | 2 sets |
| 17 | looking for water route to asia, ended up in the caribbean,1492 | 2 sets |
| 18 | made lasting contact in the americas | 2 sets |
| 19 | an explorer from italy who discovered america in 1492 | 2 sets |
| 20 | made lasting contact in the ammericas | 2 sets |
| 21 | explorer sailing for the spanish who was looking for a faster way to india and landed in hispaniola | 2 sets |
| 22 | "found" the americas in 1492. made four expeditions total. died thinking he found a route to asia. | 2 sets |
| 23 | sailed for spain | 2 sets |
| 24 | who found america? | 2 sets |
| 25 | the state capital of ohio | 2 sets |
| 26 | explored the west indies | 2 sets |
| 27 | portuguese, discovered new world for spain but thought he had reached asia (1492) | 2 sets |
| 28 | spain/1492/caribean cac 4 | 1 set |
| 29 | who was one of the most successful failures in history? | 1 set |
| 30 | a hero and a villian. he killed and mistreated many natives but he also discovered the "new world" | 1 set |
| 31 | spanish explorer who gets credit for discovering the new world | 1 set |
| 32 | "go west to get to the east"; thought world was round but much smaller (1/3ish); needed money to travel by boat; 1492, thought it was china, but landed in bahamas; thought indonesia, therefore "indians" name = local people; poverty = surprising b/c china = wealthy; died poor, never knowing he discovered a new world (america); disease = big problem eventually; yellow fever, malaria, smallpox; millions died (about 1/3 of native pop.); cyphilis std ("french disease") from french army | 1 set |
| 33 | spanish-born 1451, believed asia was closeer to europe than it actually was, he was sponsored by queen isablella and king ferinand and began sailing for asia in 1492 w/nina, pina, and santa maria. on oct. 12 1492 he landed on san salvador and explored all of the surronding area along, returned to americas 3 more times, never finds asia and eventually thrown into debtors prision | 1 set |
| 34 | across atlantic ocean, wanted to find india, but found new world instead | 1 set |
| 35 | italian who won support of spain, made 3 voyages, died thinking reached orient | 1 set |
| 36 | italian born explorer who thought that he had arrived off the coast of asia rather than on unknown continents | 1 set |
| 37 | had 4 high successful voyages to the americas, he traded with native americans, 1st explorer to sail in the caribbean | 1 set |
| 38 | italian-born explorer who believed he arrived off the coast of asia rather than on an unknown continent. | 1 set |
| 39 | i, m. a male dove or pigeon. | 1 set |
| 40 | caribean, thought it was india | 1 set |
