Vocabulary Quiz Solutions for Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the New World

I. Give the definition for the following vocabulary words:

steer : guide or direct; follow or move in a set course

haste : eagerness to act

roam : to ramble; to rove; to move about from place to place

reef : a strip or ridge of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of water

freight : goods carried by a vessel

strait - 1 : a narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water

buoy : hearten or inspire

II. Correctly spell the vocabulary words defined below:

provide with temporary quarters, especially for sleeping - lodge

closely crowded together; hard to penetrate - dense

an absence or ceasing of motion - calm

the main timber in a ship, extending from stem to stern at the bottom and supporting the whole frame - keel

a sea voyage - cruise

land next to the sea; seashore - coast - n.

the partial or complete blocking of one celestial body by another - eclipse - n.

III. Use the following vocabulary words in a complete sentence:

thronged : The streets were ... with people.

flask : Columbus gave the chief a ... of water

plough : He was moved, with the zeal of youth, to ... the seas once more.

yoke : They found it was in vain for them to try to free themselves from the ... by means of war.

prey - 2 : His grief ... upon his heart, and put him once more on a sickbed.

vague : The crew was full of ... fears.