2.3 Quiz

Columbus knew the world was round.

Sailing west, Asia is approximately 2,400 nautical miles from Europe.

What does the word “Viking” mean?

Which of the following sets of years accurately dates Columbus’s first and final voyages to the “Indies”?

Read the following quote from Laurence Bergreen, then answer this question: Which answer best explains Bergreen’s use of the word “delusion”?

“For all the scorn Columbus engendered, his four voyages constitute one of the greatest adventure stories in history. Although he was not the first explorer to glimpse or visit the distant shores of the Americas, his was the discovery that permanently planted the reality of a New World in the imagination–and political schemes–of the Old. Columbus forever changed the idea of what a European empire could be. He had the vision–and, at times, the delusion–to imagine, and to persuade himself and others that he had found something immense, important, and lasting.”

The text lists all of the following as reasons that Columbus struggled to colonize the West Indies EXCEPT:

Read the following quote from Laurence Bergreen, then answer this question: Who was Nicolás de Ovando?

“The drastic devaluation of Columbus seems a recent phenomenon, but it originated at the time of his voyages. The Spanish judicial investigator, Francisco de Bobadilla, sent him home in chains. King Ferdinand disdained him. Bishop Fonseca’s intense dislike for Columbus was widely known. Amerigo Vespucci fostered the impression that he, rather than Columbus, had discovered a New World, and gave his name to the continent… Alonso de Ojeda, laid claim to territories first visited by Columbus. Nicolás de Ovando… endangered his life and mocked him. The Porras brothers, Francisco Roldán, and others who sailed with Columbus staged mutinies with little or no retribution.”

Which two countries are centered in the image below?

Match the terms and definitions.