Of People Unit 2

"Now speak, brave Adm'rl; speak and say - He said: Sail on! Sail on! And on!"

"Columbus"

Columbus found a world, and had no chart, Save one that faith deciphered in the skies.

"Faith"

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.

"High Flight"

And, before they came back, They had blazed out a track From St. Louis straight to the Pacific.

"Lewis and Clark"

In what year did Balboa first see the Pacific Ocean?

1513

How long had it taken Balboa and his men to reach the summit?

20 days

In Look what You Did, Christopher! Columbus thought he would find ______________ by sailing west.

China

Name the two monuments raised on the summit of the mountain?

Cross; Mound of Stones

Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?

Daniel Defoe

Balboa first saw the Pacific Ocean in the evening.

False

Who wrote Look What You Did, Christopher?

Ogden Nash

According to the story about Balboa, Vasco de Balboa gave thanks to God for being the first European to see the _____________ Ocean.

Pacific

Balboa claimed possession of the Pacific Ocean for which country?

Spain

Who wrote "Discovery of the Pacific Ocean?"

Washington Irving

In "Prayer for a Pilot," the poet refers to what as "birds of steel."

airplanes

When Robinson Crusoe found money on the ship, he called it a _________.

drug

On the island, Robinson Crusoe lived in a ________.

tent