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Christopher Columbus and John Smith
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History
3rd Grade
02/07/2013

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John Smith
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"He who will not work shall not eat."
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Powhatan
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Chief of Chiefs
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"Admiral of the Ocean Sea"
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Christopher Columbus
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the rulers of Spain
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Columbus' three ships
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Nina. Pinta, Santa Maria
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Columbus Day
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October 12
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Captain Newport's ships
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Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery
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pirates
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attacked Columbus' ship on his first trip to England
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mosquitos
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caused malaria
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Spain
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claimed San Salvador for this country
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King James I
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king of England
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Indies
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rich in pearls, gold, silk, spices
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Pocahontas
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saved John Smith's life
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King James I
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the English colony of Jamestown was named after him
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Genoa
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the seaport town in Italy where Christopher Columbus grew up
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New England
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the section of North America John Smith explored and made maps of
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Starving Time
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the winter of 1609-1610 when many colonists died of starvation
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1492
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the year America was discovered
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a carved stick and land birds
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two things Columbus saw that made him believe land was near
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weaver
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what Christopher Columbus' parents wanted him to be
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Indians
Definition
what Columbus called the natives because he thought he landed in India
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Sea of Darkness
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what the people in Europe called the unkown sea
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monsters and boiling spots
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what the sailors in Columbus' day thought might be in the unknown seas
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