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1.   caravel    male ruler of Spain in 1492    Columbus traveled to the New World on this small, fast, Spanish sailing ship    small, fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century    the men needed to do the work on a ship

2.   Columbus    the continent Columbus reached on his search for a new route to the Far East    the ___ was a long and difficult one    a piece of canvas that catches the wind    a navigator, mapmaker, and explorer who dreamed of sailing west on the Sea of Darkness to reach the lands in the Far East; lands believed to be rich with gold and spices

3.   natives    people who were born and lived in the New World before explorers ever came    one of the three small, fast, Spanish sailing ships that Columbus sailed to the New World    a large boat    the country that finally agreed to help Columbus make his voyage; Columbus set sail from here August 3, 1492

4.   America    the island where Columbus first landed. He claimed it for Spain and called it this.    the uncharted Sea of Darkness    the continent Columbus reached on his search for a new route to the Far East    the ___ made by Christopher Columbus changed the history of the world.

5.   East Indies    Columbus' destination; a land Columbus believed was rich with gold and spices    on October 12, 1492, the ships landed on this in the Bahamas    a navigator, mapmaker, and explorer who dreamed of sailing west on the Sea of Darkness to reach the lands in the Far East; lands believed to be rich with gold and spices    a member of a ship's crew

6.   discovery    people who were born and lived in the New World before explorers ever came    the ___ made by Christopher Columbus changed the history of the world.    a world that no one in Europe knew about--America    Columbus found primitive people living in these

7.   island    one of the three small, fast, Spanish sailing ships that Columbus sailed to the New World    on October 12, 1492, the ships landed on this in the Bahamas    small, fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century    Columbus sailed west across the ___ Atlantic Ocean

8.   uncharted    Columbus sailed west across the ___ Atlantic Ocean    female ruler of Spain in 1492    this was the method used by Columbus and most other sailors of his era.    a large boat

9.   Pinta    one of the three small, fast, Spanish sailing ships that Columbus sailed to the New World    a member of a ship's crew    the uncharted Sea of Darkness    on October 12, 1492, the ships landed on this in the Bahamas

10.   Spain    the ___ made by Christopher Columbus changed the history of the world.    the country that finally agreed to help Columbus make his voyage; Columbus set sail from here August 3, 1492    a world that no one in Europe knew about--America    a piece of canvas that catches the wind

11.   Atlantic Ocean    the uncharted Sea of Darkness    Columbus found primitive people living in these    Columbus sailed west across the ___ Atlantic Ocean    female ruler of Spain in 1492

12.   sail    the ___ was a long and difficult one    this was the method used by Columbus and most other sailors of his era.    small, fast sailing ships that were used by the Spanish and Portuguese in the fifteenth century    a piece of canvas that catches the wind