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Calisthenics
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Come in and silently take a seat.
Take out your lap top and log onto Quia
Take the practice “Calisthenics Practice” Quiz.
When you finish review your answers, and we
will go over them as a class.
Objective: SWBAT identify how
explorers impacted world history.
Calisthenics (part II): Why did
Western European countries
send explorers in the 15th
century?
European Exploration
• The first European explorers came from
Portugal, Spain, France, and England.
• Explorers were trying to find new ways to get
to the East so they could trade for silk and
spices.
Bartholomew Dias
Bartholomew Dias was a Portuguese explorer who was the first
to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around
the Cape of Good Hope and made it to the coast of India. Da
Gama established the first water trade route with Europe and
Asia.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was send by Spain. He discovered the
Americas (North and South) by accident on his way to find a new
trade route.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan sailed for Spain. He led the first voyage to
circumnavigate, or sail around the entire globe.
Which explorer?
• Spanish explorer who discovered the Americas
(North and South) by accident on his way to
find a new trade route.
Which explorer?
• led the first voyage to circumnavigate, or sail
around the entire globe
Which explorer?
• Portuguese explorer who sailed around the
Cape of Good Hope and made it to the coast
of India
Which explorer
• Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail
around the Cape of Good Hope in South
Africa.
Which explorer?
• established the first water trade route with
Europe and Asia
Which Explorer?
Which Explorer?
Which Explorer?
Which Explorer?
Which Explorers?
• Which explorers are from Portugal?
• Which explorer(s) were from Spain?
Vocabulary Review
• An “import” is a good that is brought in from
another country to the home country.
– Example: Nike shoes are made in China and
shipped to the United States. Nike shoes are
imports.
• An “export” is a good that is brought out from
the home country to another country.
– Example: Ford Mustangs are made in the United
States and shipped to markets around the world.
They are exports.
Import or Export?
• Egypt grew wheat and traded it to
Mesopotamia. Is wheat an import or an
export for Egypt?
• Is wheat an import or an export for
Mesopotamia?
• Greece traded olives to its colonies. Were
olives an import or an export of Greece?
• Were olives an import or an export of the its
colonies?
Quiz your partner!
1. First quiz each partner with notes, but don’t
write the answers.
2. Quiz each partner without notes, but don’t
write the answers.
3. When both partners get them ALL right, both
partners should write.