Презентация на тему по английскому языку на тему The Discovery of America (6 класс)

of America. Can you say
who discovered America;
when it was;
why

people who lived in America got the name of Indians.


Now read the text to see if you were right.

America can mean different things. First of all America

is the name of the country whose official name is the United States of America. Then America is the name of the two continents — North America and South America.

the first man from Europe to get there. Christopher

was born in 1451 in Italy but he lived in Spain for many years. Columbus was a seaman and made a lot of sea voyages.

interested in India and other countries which were situated

in Asia because ships sailed east to Asia and brought gold and other riches from those places. A lot of seamen sailed east and came back rich people. Like many people of his time Columbus knew that our planet is round. He was sure he could also get to India if he sailed west.

gave Columbus money and ships to make a voyage

to India. So with three small ships Columbus and his men sailed west. They sailed for three weeks and then on October 12, they saw an island. It was situated in Central America. But Columbus didn’t know that then. He thought he was in Asia and gave the people he met on the island the name of Indians.