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10 Cards in this Set
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What did he "discover"?
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America
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Where and when was Christopher Columbus born?
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He was born in 1542 in Geonoa,Italy
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What shape did Columbus think the world was like?
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Flat
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What were the names of Columbus's ships?
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The Nina,the Pinta,and the Santa Maria
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Why did he want to travel to West india's(hint:To get rich from...)
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To get spices and silk and sell them and get rich
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When did Comumbus die?
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1506
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What was Columbus trying to find?
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The West India's
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Did Columbus spend most of his life on land or at sea?
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on sea
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Give a brief description of what he looked like?
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he was very tall, hr had white hair and he had blue eyes.
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What country did columbus sail for?
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Spain
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