| western | | the ocean that was also unknown in the 1400's |
| NorthAmerica | | obstacle: danger of no ___________ |
| America | | his son's name |
| China | | how many more voyages he made |
| Admiral | | Columbus died still believing he had reached __________ |
| bilge | | what the crew used to tell what direction they were going |
| fourteen | | he felt he was a failure because he didn't found this country |
| Pinta | | the first explorer to discover a _____ ___________ to America |
| Pacific | | one of two continents that were unknown at that time |
| sandbox | | one job of the crew: cleaning the _______ |
| America | | 1506 Columbus _________ in Spain |
| SanSalvador | | what he named where he landed |
| deck | | the country where he was born in 1451 |
| Atlantic | | another part of their diet (a drink) |
| Bahamas | | the country he first asked to sponsor him and they said no |
| maps | | the third of the ships that he sailed with |
| WestIndies | | a third job of the crew: pumping the _______ |
| Spain | | a part of their diet (a food they ate) |
| India | | what lay in the ocean between Spain and China |
| fish | | what Columbus thought he had reached |
| three | | they believed that the sea was full of __________ |
| Italy | | the number of hours a crew member worked at one time |
| two | | the number of months it took to spot land |
| Indians | | an open ___________ on the deck was where the sailors cooked their meals |
| SantaMaria | | the country that agreed to sponsor him in 1485 |
| SouthAmerica | | the second of the ships he sailed with |
| sails | | they believed that the earth was ____________ |
| miles | | how old he was when he first went to sea |
| mapped | | they also ate fresh-caught ________ |
| searoute | | the direction of the sea route he wanted to find to Asia |
| superstitions | | where he believed he sailed to |
| Asia | | the ships traveled approximately 150 _______ per day |
| Asia | | what land he discovered |
| four | | the title given to him by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
| compass | | what Columbus landed on in 1492 |
| wine | | a second job of the crew: working the _________ |
| biscuit | | the place that he wanted to find a sea route to |
| Portugal | | another food that they ate (hint: think what mice eat) |
| Diego | | to help establish the Americas, he ________ the route that he sailed |
| Nina | | what he called the island's inhabitants where he landed |
| flat | | the first of the ships he sailed with |
| monsters | | the ocean he made voyages across |
| died | | the other of the two continents that were unknown at the time |
| cheese | | things that the sailors believed in that probably weren't true |