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Cartographer Vasco da Gama Barbecue Archipelago Caribs

1) Gentle and friendly tribe Columbus met in the New World:____________.

2) Another name for this tribe: ____________.

3) A small island of sand or coral reef : ____________.

4) Present-day island of Haiti and the Dominican Republic which Columbus

reached in 1492: ___________.

5) A cluster or small group of islands: ______________.

6) An aggressive tribe encountered by Columbus in the New World: ____________.

7) Portugese explorer who first sailed around the tip of Africa to reach

the “East Indies”: ____________.

8) The Queen of Spain who gave Columbus three ships for his voyage: _____________.

9) A person who makes and studies maps: _______________.

10) Word adopted from the tribes of the “West Indies” who used to dry and cook meat

over a frame of wooden poles: _____________.

Thought Question:  Columbus may have discovered a “New World” for Europeans,

but the people who already lived here didn’t feel that way. Should we still say

that Columbus “discovered” America?