yes...next week is fall break...no school (yay) BUT you still have work to do...
Reasons for Exploration is due Monday for a QUIZ grade...also remember to be studying your flash cards...there will a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday. Exploration Vocabulary Prince Henry the Navigator :( 1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who understood Portugal's dependence on the sea. He established an observatory and school of navigation and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire. Christopher Columbus: Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) Ferdinand Magellan: Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world Vasco de Gama :Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail from Europe to India --w/ four ships he sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, opening a trade route still used today. Samuel de Champlain: The French soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him the title "Father of New France". He founded the colony of Quebec as a trading post in 1608 colonization :system of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land imperialism :a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries militarism :Policy of building up strong armed forces to defend national interests circumnavigate To sail around the world indigenous :native to a certain area colonies :territories controlled by people from a foreign land Comments are closed.
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