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History of Columbus Day

History of Columbus Day

Learn about Columbus Day!

Do the quiz to test your global comprehension.

What president declared that holiday?

It was President Kennedy.
It was President Eisenhower.
It was President Roosevelt.

What date did he choose?

He chose October 8th.
He chose October 10th.
He chose October 12th.

What year was it?

It was in 1937.
It was in 1938.
It was in 1939.

What did President Nixon do?

He declared it a national day.
He declared it a national holiday.
He declared it a special day.

What year was it?

It was in 1951.
It was in 1961.
It was in 1971.

What day becomes a holiday?

It is the 1st Monday of October.
It is the 2nd Monday of October.
It is the 3rd Monday of October.

What did Christopher Columbus do?

He discovered Africa.
He discovered America.
He discovered Asia.

What did he prove?

He proved the land was there.
He proved the Earth is round.
He proved the Italians were very good sailors.

When did he start his voyage?

It was in 1472.
It was in 1482.
It was in 1492.

What are the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria?

They are Columbus's friends.
They are Columbus's ships.
They are Columbus's sisters.

Where did they start from?

They started from Italy.
They started from Germany.
They started from Spain.

Who was the 1st mathematician to suspect the Earth was round in the 7th century before Christ?

It was Thales.
It was Pythagoras.
It was Euclid.

What did Aristotle discover?

He could see the shade of the Earth during a solar eclipse.
He could see the shadow of the Earth during a lunar eclipse.
He could see the Earth was flat.

In fact, Columbus wanted to get rich by getting

diamonds in Africa.
cotton in America.
spices in Asia.

What city was taken away from the Europeans, blocking their way to the East?

It was Athens.
It was Constantinople.
It was Vienna.

Columbus decided to

buy lots of spices and take them to America.
find a new route to go to Asia.
go to India with lots of soldiers?

He was afraid

he could meet pirates on the sea.
he could reach the end of the Earth and fall.
he could die of thirst and hunger on his way.

What Queen agreed to fund Columbus and for what country?

It was Queen Elizabeth for England.
It was Queen Isabella for Spain.
It was Queen Sara for Italy.

What land did they first see?

It was the West Indies.
It was the Canaries.
It was the Galapagos.

They thought they had arrived in

China.
Africa.
India.

They met the indigenous people who had lived there for

ten years.
hundreds of years.
thousands of years.

When he returned to Spain, he thought he

had arrived succesfully in India.
had discovered a new continent.
had failed to find what he was looking for.

In fact, he had

arrived on a deserted continent.
joined the 2 hemispheres.
travelled safely back home.

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