1. Tuesday, Sept. 6th
Turn in Self History Essay on my desk if you still need to
Get out your spiral and update your table of contents if you didn’t Friday
Date Title Entry #
8/30 Mapping the Physiographic Features of the U.S. 5
8/31 U.S. Map 6
9/2 European Exploration Timeline 7
9/6 Exploration Vocabulary

2. 1. Turn to entry #7 and title it:
European Exploration of the Americas #7
Make a timeline down left side of your sheet like the following: (use your whole page)
Columbus reaches the “New World”
3. Use pages 51 to 70 to find the information.
4. Once you find the information write it on the timeline in your spiral
Choose 5 events to illustrate
Turn to entry #8 and title it: European Exploration Vocabulary
Look up the following words and define: Mercantilism, Northwest Passage, Columbian Exchange, Triangular Trade, Transatlantic Slave Trade (look up Middle Passage)

3. European Exploration Vocabulary #8
1. Mercantilism an economic system in which nations increase their wealth and power by obtaining resources from their colonies and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.
2. Northwest a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along Passage the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East
3. Columbian describes the interchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Exchange the Old World and the Americas following Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean in 1492
4. Transatlantic the passage across the Atlantic from W Africa to the West Indies or
Slave Trade America that was the route of the former slave trade
5. Triangular a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the Trade African Gold Coast Trade with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum.