Columbus Timeline Worksheet 1

Name________________________________         Date_________________________________

Materials needed: Dictionary and Atlas.

Define the following words:   (use dictionary)

1. merchant        ________________________________________________________________

2. weaver           ________________________________________________________________

3. cartographer   ________________________________________________________________

4. voyage            ________________________________________________________________

5. convince          ________________________________________________________________

6. capture            ________________________________________________________________

7. Moorish           _______________________________________________________________
 

Find the Longitude and the Latitude of the following places:  (use atlas)

8. Genoa               Longitude____________________         Latitude____________________

9. Portugal             Longitude____________________         Latitude____________________

10. Lisbon             Longitude____________________         Latitude____________________

11. Iceland            Longitude____________________         Latitude____________________

12. Guinea            Longitude____________________          Latitude____________________

13. Indies              Longitude____________________         Latitude____________________

14. Granada          Longitude____________________         Latitude____________________