Week 15: Age of Exploration

This week we will wrap up the Renaissance and look into how its new knowledge led to a movement to explore the world.  We will finally talk about this side of the world!!

 Vocabulary (Definitions)

  1. Leif Eriksson
  2. Henry the Navigator
  3. Astrolabe
  4. Caravel
  5. Christopher Columbus
  6. Ferdinand Magellan
  7. Circumnavigate
  8. Columbian Exchange
  9. Conquistadors
  10. Encomienda System
  11. Plantations
  12. Protestants
  13. Spanish Armada
  14. Northwest Passage
  15. Charter
  16. Immune
  17. Middle Passage
  18. African Diaspora
Yes, there are more words this week, but we are getting down to the end of the semester, and these are things you need to know!!

Monday
  • Test on High Middle Ages and Renaissance
  • Complete definitions
  • Pretest for exploration.
Tuesday
  • Europeans Set Sail (Lesson One)
  • Complete Sentences
Wednesday (Early Release)
  • Test Corrections
  • Ketchup
  • Complete Pictures
Thursday
  • Europeans Reach The Americas (Lesson Two)
  • Complete Synonyms
Friday
  • Spain Builds an Empire (Lesson Three)
  • Vocab Notebooks Due
  • Vocab Quiz

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