Students’ names ____________________________ and ________________________

Teacher: Eliseo Pitty Due on: Tuesday. November 9th, 2012 Grade: 12th Science B
Reading-comprehension test of: Admiral of the Ocean Sea Test worth: 100 points
Todo ejercicio con copia tendrá un descuento de 10 puntos de la nota que obtenga.

Make a list of ten characters mentioned in the 4-page reading of Columbus. 10 points

Resolve the following match without pencil, cheating, blotting or erasing. 30 points
1. Dock ____ name of the Pinta’s captain
2. Palos ____ holy city in the hands of Turks
3. Chart ____ profession of Columbus’ father
4. Crew ____ sometime around the year 1450
5. Genoa ____ Spanish possession in the Atlantic TEST ONE
6. Moors ____ Moorish capital in Southern Spain
7. Cathay ____ group of sailors who work on a ship
8. Infidels ____ enemies of Spain in Columbus’ time
9. Vessels ____ map of the oceans for sailors to navigate
10. Isabella ____ groups of people who were not Christians
11. Foretop ____ English king who did not support Columbus
12. Admiral ____ the foremost map maker of Columbus’ times
13. Cipango ____ Catholic king who drove Moors out of Spain
14. Granada ____ the name Marco Polo gave China in his book
15. Henry VII ____ the name Marco Polo gave Japan in his book
16. Jerusalem ____ important port city in Italy in Columbus’ time
17. Sandpiper ____ highest place on the mast of a ship to look out
18. Ferdinand ____ title conferred on Columbus as leader of the voyage
19. Marco Polo ____ mechanic problem La Pinta had soon after departure
20. Charles VIII ____ Columbus’ brother who visited the court of England
21. King John II ____ French king who did not support Columbus’ venture
22. Sargasso Sea ____ birds mentioned in the accounts as they neared land
23. Wool-weaver ____ stole Columbus’ charts and sent a captain westward
24. Bartholomew ____ vast area of almost solid seaweed north of the Caribbean
25. Martin Pinzon ____ Spanish Catholic Queen who financed Columbus’ venture
26. Broken rudder ____ a dreaded place full of monsters that would destroy ships
27. Canary Islands ____ place where ships receive cargo and crew before a voyage
28. Sea of Darkness ____ port town in southern Spain from where Columbus set sail
29. Columbus’ birth ____ small, wood boats Christopher Columbus used in his voyage
30. Paul the physicist ____ adventurer who wrote a book about the wealth of the Orient
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate answer without pencil or blotting. 30 points
Marco Polo’s book was about ________________________________________________
Places Columbus visited at 14 _______________________, _______________________,
________________________, _______________________, _______________________
Professions of Paolo Toscanelli _______________________, _______________________
Subjects Columbus ever studied ________________________, _____________________,
_________________________ , ________________________, _____________________
What Paolo Toscanelli gave Columbus ________________________________________,
________________________________________________________________________
The names of two places in the Far East _________________, ______________________
Three characteristics of the Sargasso Sea _______________________________________,
____________________________________ , ___________________________________
Three characteristics of the Sea of Darkness ____________________________________,
____________________________________ , ___________________________________
Beeline distance between Europe and Japan _____________________________________
What Columbus wanted to do with his voyage ___________________________________
Persuaded Queen Isabella to finance the voyage to America _________________________
Exorbitant demands Columbus made upon kings and queens when he asked for financing
____________________________________ , __________________________________,
and _____________________________________________________________________
Problem Columbus had with his crew a couple of days before his arrival in American lands
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Answer the following questions thoroughly and clearly. Do not use pencil. 30 points
1. How do you know Christopher Columbus was in love with the sea?

2. Why did Christopher Columbus’ crew rebel two days before landing?

3. Why did Columbus and his crew spend five weeks in the Canary Islands?

4. Why wasn’t Queen Isabella interested in Columbus’ adventure at first?

5. How did Columbus enlist his crew if nobody wanted to sail that far?

6. Which events in his young age gave Christopher Columbus enough experience to sail
across the ocean into an unknown sea?
Students’ names ____________________________ and ________________________
Teacher: Eliseo Pitty Due on: Friday. November 12th, 2012 Grade: 12th Science B
Reading-comprehension test of: Admiral of the Ocean Sea Test worth: 100 points

Match the terms and their definitions as they are used in the reading. No pencil. 30 points
1. Turks _____ concede, give, hand in, confer or grant an honor upon somebody
2. Forgive _____ a faster way to get to a place rather than the regular route
3. Sargasso _____ move along or travel in the sea or the ocean in a vessel or ship
4. Isabella _____ come back or turn back to the place you started a trip
5. Treasurer _____ persuaded Queen Isabella to finance Columbus’ venture
6. 1492 _____ be afraid of; perceive something as dreaded or terrifying
7. Preposterous _____ microscopic animals that float in the ocean
8. Boabdil _____ last Moorish king of Granada
9. Shortcut _____ to inscribe in wood, stone or TEST TWO
10. Atlantic _____ absurd, ridiculous, nonsense
11. Bestow _____ nobility title immediately inferior to a king
12. Carve _____ the real ruler of Spain in Columbus’ times
13. Fear _____ one of the subjects Columbus studied when he was young
14. Release _____ gold and silver coins, jewels, precious stones, and other valuables
15. Round up _____ Sea of Darkness, fiery limbo with monsters or the ocean sea
16. Rudder _____ dared to go to; an new economic investment or business activity
17. Viceroy _____ Spain achieves territorial and political unity
18. Shunted _____ people who had conquered the city of Jerusalem
19. Voyage _____ move a boat with paddles; each of the paddles to move a boat
20. Return _____ the beginning of day; the sunrise; the breaking of a new day
21. Row _____ put together the money, the crew, and the ships for a voyage
22. Flag _____ metal a long trip especially over the sea or the ocean
23. Dawn _____ give a pardon to an offense, debt, or forget a hard feeling
24. Protozoan _____ set aside for a later time; put off until a later time
25. Surf _____ a vast area of almost solid seaweed in the Atlantic
26. Venture _____ underwater part of a ship to steer and direct the vessel
27. Sail _____ to free or give liberty to people in jail
28. Treasure _____ the foamy, while line of breaking water near the coast
29. Repair _____ piece of cloth with designs and colors used as symbol of a nation
30. Latin _____ fix, mend, adjust something to start working properly again
Resolve the following matches without pencil, cheating, blotting or erasing. 30 points
1. Sail _____ atreverse 1. Plot _____ atemorizante
2. Dare _____ ganancia 2. Chart _____ cartas de navegación
3. Strip _____ muelle 3. Share _____ repentino
4. Dock _____ riqueza 4. Trade _____ timón de barco
5. Stroll _____ navegar 5. Dawn _____ hilo
6. Strain _____ malvado 6. Agree _____ nombrar
7. Profit _____ financiar 7. Sudden _____ en el extranjero
8. Put up _____ hilador 8. Rudder _____ parte
9. Defeat _____ forzar 9. Thread _____ amanecer
10. Chase _____ conferir 10. Appeal _____ estar de acuerdo
11. Shabby _____ vencer 11. Venture _____ rendirse
12. Foretop _____ caminar 12. Dreaded _____ arriesgar
13. Wealth _____ mastil 13. Appoint _____ tramar
14. Bestow _____ corretear 14. Overseas _____ comercio
15. Weaver _____ franja 15. Surrender _____ interesar

Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate answer without pencil or blotting. 15 points
Two historical events for Spain narrated in the story _____________________________
and _____________________________________________________________________
Exorbitant demands that Columbus made upon kings and queens when he asked for
____________________________________ , ___________________________________,
____________________________________ , ____________________________________
Signs of land Columbus’ crew saw the day before their arrival in American lands were
____________________________________ , ___________________________________,
____________________________________ , ___________________________________
The names of the three small wooden vessels that Columbus used for his fateful voyage
________________________, _______________________, ________________________
Name of the little town where he found the three vessels he would use ________________
Date when he set sail for the Americas _________________________________________

Answer the following questions thoroughly and clearly. Do not send pictures. 25 points
1. What shabby trick did the king of Portugal play on Columbus that infuriated him?
2. What sailing experience did Columbus have before coming to America?
3. What is the great irony in the story of Christopher Columbus’ life?
4. What did Columbus and his crew do at dawn after sighting land?
5. What special mission did Columbus’ brother have at that time?