About Christopher Columbus - Geography Hidden Word Game For Kids Activity Sheet
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1About Christopher Columbus - Geography Hidden Word Game For Kids
Read the sentences below. Visit our Easy Geography for Kids page
Christopher Columbus
to find the missing words.
Write them in the empty spaces and find these hidden words in the puzzle!
[Words might be hidden horizontally, vertically and perhaps even back to front and diagonally…!]
1. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand initially refused, but later agreed to help him. They gave him the money to buy
three ships – the Santa Maria, the __________ and the __________.
2. __________ controlled the trade routes from Europe to India and Asia, making it very difficult to travel to these
places by __________.
3. Columbus thought that if he sailed west across the __________, he could find a better, safer, faster way to reach the
__________.
4. Columbus set out in August of 1492 to find Asia. Instead, he landed on an island in the __________ after 36 days of
sailing.
5. French privateers attacked his ship and set it on fire. He survived by swimming to the coast of __________.
6. Columbus settled in __________ and married Felipa Perestrello.
7. He began sailing when he was just a teenager. He went on trading voyages around the __________ Sea.
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