Columbus Day (Grade 8)
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Columbus Day
Instructions:
The first celebration of Columbus' legacy didn't take place until 1792, three centuries after his arrival in the New World. A group called the Columbian order organized a ceremony in New York. The next known commemoration did not take place until after the Civil War by Italian immigrants in New York. Individual states did not begin recognizing Columbus until 1905, when Colorado designated October 12 as Columbus Day. In 1937 President Roosevelt decreed October 12 a national holiday honoring the accomplishments of Columbus. In recent years some have called the celebration of Columbus' legacy into question, usually citing his questionable character and the colonization and genocide of the Native Americans that followed his arrival.
Answer the following questions about Christopher Columbus in observance of the holiday that bears his name.
- 1400
- 1492
- 1700
- 1792
- Italy
- Spain
- Cuba
- France
- Spain
- Italy
- France
- England
- a shorter route from Europe to America
- Native Americans
- a shorter route from Europe to Asia
- gold
- Age of Exploration
- Twentieth Century
- Industrialization
- Westward Expansion
- a decline in Europe's population as a result of new diseases.
- an exchange of people, foods, and germs between Europe and the Americas.
- a race between Spain and India to claim large parts of the Americas.
- the introduction of slavery to Spain and other parts of Europe.
- exposure to heat
- disease
- starvation
- overcrowded conditions
- The Vikings
- Christopher Columbus
- Amerigo Vespucci
- The Caravel
The duty was to:
- Spread the new concept of democracy and constitutional rights to less enlightened civilizations.
- To map and chart the new lands they found
- To create new colonies and settlements in the New World
- Convert as many people as possible to Catholicism
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