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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He completed his first voyage in 1492, sailing from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean with three ships, hoping to find a new trade route to India but instead landing in the Bahamas. Over his lifetime, Columbus made a total of four journeys sailing around the Caribbean islands and the mainland, reaching places like Panama. Though not the first to reach America, Columbus was the first to establish permanent European settlements there. He died in 1506 at age 54 from a heart attack.

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He completed his first voyage in 1492, sailing from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean with three ships, hoping to find a new trade route to India but instead landing in the Bahamas. Over his lifetime, Columbus made a total of four journeys sailing around the Caribbean islands and the mainland, reaching places like Panama. Though not the first to reach America, Columbus was the first to establish permanent European settlements there. He died in 1506 at age 54 from a heart attack.

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Reading Comprehension.

Read the following passage and the answer the questions that follow :

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator. He was born in 1451 in Genoa,
Italy. Columbus’ first voyage was completed in 1492. He sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from
Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new
route to India. He had intended to sail to Japan, but ended up in the Bahamas, which he named
San Salvador. During his lifetime, Columbus made a total of four journeys, where he sailed
extensively around the Caribbean islands of Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas and also to the
mainland, to places such as Panama. Columbus was not the first person to reach America.
Previous successful voyages included a Norse expedition led by Leif Ericson. However,
Columbus was the first to travel to America and establish permanent settlements. Columbus’
voyages and reports, over the next 400 years encouraged all the major European powers to seek
to colonise parts of America. Columbus died in 1506, aged 54 from a heart attack.

A. Answer the following questions

1. Where was Christopher Columbus born?


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2. When was Columbus’ first voyage completed?


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3. How many journeys did Columbus make?


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…

4. Was Columbus the first person to reach America ?


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5- How did Columbus die?


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B. Choose the correct answer:


6- Columbus was (American - Italian - French - Japanese).
7- Columbus sailed across the (Pacific - Arctic - Indian - Atlantic).
8- A (Voyage - Route - Mainland- Report) is a journey by sea .

C. Put (T ) for True sentences or ( F) for false sentences .


9. Columbus died when he was forty five. ( )
10. Columbus was the first to travel to America. ( )

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