1. Take out your binder for this class, I will check it.
August 22nd, 2016
Directions:
Take out your binder for this class, I will check it.
Take out a blank sheet of paper, title it Bell Ringers 8/22 to 8/26!

2. Q: What drove explorers from Europe to explore the unknown?
Bell Ringers 101
Directions: On your Bell Ringer sheet, put today’s date in the left margin. *Copy down the question and answer it to the best of your ability
Q: What drove explorers from Europe to explore the unknown?

3. Organizing Your Binder / Folder
Below is the correct order of papers in your Binder / Folder. If you are organized, you will do well in life and in this class!
A1 – Three Civilizations
A2 – Cultures of North America
A3 – Age of Exploration
A4 – VIP’s Age of Exploration

4. In 1510, Spanish colonist Vasco Núñez de Balboa - explored the Caribbean coast of what is now Panama. He hoped to bring back gold and treasures to Spain.
Balboa led his expedition through Panama, becoming the first explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean.

5. In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan set out to find an Atlantic-Pacific passage to Asia.

6. For more than a year, Magellan’s small fleet sailed down the South American coast looking for a strait.
Near the southern tip of present-day Argentina, Magellan found a narrow passage.
For 38 days, his ships sailed through what is now called the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific Ocean.

7. However, Asia was still far away
However, Asia was still far away. When Magellan’s fleet finally reached the Philippine Islands, he and others were killed in a battle with Filipinos.
The survivors became the first to circumnavigate (go around) the Earth.

8. Early Spanish voyages set the stage for the Columbian Exchange = a transfer of people, products, and ideas between the hemispheres.
From Western Hemisphere to Eastern
Maize (corn)
Potato
Sweet potato
Beans
Peanut
Squash
Pumpkin
Pineapple
Tomato
Cocoa
Peppers
Avocado
Turkey
From Eastern Hemisphere to Western
Wheat
Rice
Banana
Peach
Pear
Sugar cane
Watermelon
Lettuce
Horse
Cow
Sheep
Goat
Chicken
Pig
Disease (smallpox, typhus)

9. Causes of Exploration A5 – Causes of Exploration A5
1) Put your Name, Period and Date Here!
Write A5
Draw a circle around it. A5
Title this paper
Causes of Exploration

10. Causes of Exploration Thinking Map
Directions: Set up a thinking map like so….
Causes of Exploration
Gold
God
Glory
Directions: We will go over the three main reasons why Explorers traveled to world. Under each section, write down what it is that they were looking for.

11. European Explorers Name: Christopher Columbus
Date & Location: / The Caribbean
Country: Spain
Importance: First European to document the America’s. Thought he found a passage to the Indies

12. European Explorers Name: Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Date & Location: / Panama
Country: Spain
Importance: First European to see the Pacific Ocean, claimed it for Spain.

13. European Explorers Name: Ferdinand Magellan
Date & Location: / The Philippines
Country: Portugal
Importance: 1st to sail around (circumnavigate) the earth. Set out to find Atlantic-Pacific Passage

14. Vocabulary
Directions: Below is how I would like you to define vocabulary in this classroom for each chapter. Please look and listen.
Term & Definition: Define the term how its displayed in the book
Your words: Put the term into your own words
Pictures: Draw a quick picture to represent the word

15. Vocabulary Chp. 2 Circumnavigate – sail all the way around
Around or Round

16. A4 – VIP Age of Exploration
Directions:
-Work with a partner to scan through Chapter 2 (pgs )
- Look for People in BLUE
-Read about that person and fill in the chart accordingly
*If not done today, it’s Homework and is due Thursday*
If done everything, please start to complete your Homework for Thursday