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Columbus vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New World | lands unknown to the Europeans before Columbus |
| port | a city where ships can enter |
| popular | liked by many people |
| slave | a person who is owned by another person and works for them without pay |
| island | a land area completely surrounded by water |
| San Salvador | the name that Columbus gave to the first island he saw |
| Orient | the lands of Asia including China, Japan, and the Indies |
| Bahamas | a small group of islands off the coast of North America where Columbus first saw land |