Renaissance

Who ____________________ Columbus ?
Christopher Columbus ____________________ an explorer . In 1492 , he ____________________ from Europe to America . He and his sailors ____________________ the Atlantic Ocean , not knowing where they would land . It ____________________ a voyage into the unknown . After Columbus , other Europeans ____________________ to explore and settle in America .
When ____________________ he ____________________ ?
Columbus ____________________ born in 1451 . It ____________________ a time of new ideas and discoveries in Europe . We ____________________ this time the Renaissance - a word that means 'rebirth' . People ____________________ ____________________ maps of new lands . They ____________________ ____________________ ships to explore places they had never visited before .
What ____________________ Columbus ____________________ ?
Columbus ____________________ ____________________ America . There ____________________ many people already living there . Vikings from Europe had landed in America 500 years before . But Columbus ____________________ ____________________ that . His voyage ____________________ regular contact between America and Europe .