Renaissance Activity 1A Factsheet
Read ONLY the clues with points!
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS |
3 pts: Made a math error of about
8,000 miles.
2 pts: Did not know that two vast continents lay in his way. 1 pt: His native country would not provide funds for the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina or for the crew of 90 needed for a voyage west to Asia. |
| "He called the people on the shores of America "Indians" thinking he had landed in India." |
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