Christopher Columbus Scavenger Hunt
Names ____________________________ Date: ________________
1) Where was Columbus born? (Web site #1)
2) What did Columbus' father do for a living? (Web site #1)
3) How old was Columbus when he first went to sea? (Web site #2)
4) When did Christopher Columbus learn to read and write? (Web site #5)
5) In 1479 he got married. He and his wife had a son in 1480. What was his son's name? (Web
site #5)
6) Columbus was eager to sail to Japan. Did he want to sail east or west? (Web site #5)
7) He asked the king of Portugal for money. Did the king say "yes" or "no"? (Web site #5)
8) He then asked the Queen of Spain. First she refused and then she gave him the money. What
was her name? (Web site #5)
9) What did Columbus promise the Queen to bring back from his voyage? (Web site #2)
10) What year did Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean from Palos, Spain? (Web site
#1)
11) What were the names of his three ships? (Web site #4)
12) Where was Columbus' first stop on his maiden (first) voyage? (Web site #4. Look at the
map.)
13) What day was the New World sighted? It was an island. (month, day, year) (Web site #3)
14) What did they name that island? (Web site #3)
15) What year did Columbus die? (Web site #5)
16) Even though Columbus sailed just south of America, he really thought he had reached
somewhere else. Where was that? (Web site #5 last sentence)