Educational worksheet on Christopher Columbus, including a short biography and comprehension questions.

Let’s go through each question one by one, using the text in the passage to find the answers.

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Question 1: What was Christopher Columbus’s job?

Look at the first sentence of the passage:
> “Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator and explorer who toured across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the American continents.”

So his job was navigator and explorer.

✔ Answer: Navigator and explorer

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Question 2: Where was Columbus born?

Second paragraph says:
> “Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy.”

✔ Answer: Genoa, Italy

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Question 3: When did Columbus begin his first voyage?

Third paragraph says:
> “Columbus began his first voyage on 1492.”

✔ Answer: 1492

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Question 4: Who had noticed the patch of lands, which is today a part of the Bahamas?

Still in the third paragraph:
> “On 1492, one of the sailors accompanying Columbus noticed a patch of land, which is today a part of the Bahamas.”

So it was one of the sailors (not Columbus himself).

✔ Answer: One of the sailors accompanying Columbus

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Question 5: Why did Columbus call the natives who lived in the land he discovered Indians?

Last paragraph says:
> “Columbus did not realize that he had arrived in a new part of the world. He was convinced that he was in India. For this reason, he called the natives who lived on these islands the Indians.”

So he thought he was in India — that’s why he called them Indians.

✔ Answer: Because he thought he had arrived in India.

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Final Answer:
1. Navigator and explorer
2. Genoa, Italy
3. 1492
4. One of the sailors accompanying Columbus
5. Because he thought he had arrived in India