Download 3. Portugese and Spanish Explorers

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The Portuguese and the Spanish Explorers
The leaders of Portugal realized early that national wealth
relied upon trading and that trading relied upon mastery of
the seas.
By 1550 Portugal, with the support and backing of its
monarchs had already established trading posts and colonies in
Africa, India, Brazil and Southeast Asia.
Portugal’s Crown Prince Henry not only encouraged
exploration, but also built a school devoted to the study of
navigation.
With each new discovery, new claims of ownership were being
made. Spain and Portugal signed a secret treaty, proposed by
the pope, to divide all undiscovered lands between the two of
them.
The Treaty of Tordesillas did not seem to care that just
because a land was new to Europe, did not mean that it was
new to the people already living there.
Spain quickly came to be a world power on the back of a hired
Italian explorer’s discovery of the Americas (Columbus).
The Spanish Captain Magellan and his crew were the first to
circumnavigate the globe by rounding the end of South
America.
Other explorers followed and each time brought back new
trade good and new stories of far away places and peoples.
SS 8
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Explor3 - Portuguese and Spanish Exploration
Portuguese and Spanish Exploration
Directions: Read pages 251-260 in your text Pathways - Civilization Through Time and
answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.
1. Provide definitions for the following vocabulary words;
Strait
Circumnavigate the World
itinerary
Cape of Good Hope
Cape Horn
2. Answer the following questions using COMPLETE SENTENCES;
a. What was Prince Henry of Portugal’s nickname and what did he do to advance
exploration in the 15th Century? (2 marks)
b. What was the secret treaty between Portugal and Spain? (what did it do?)
( 2 marks)
c. Why did Christopher Columbus believe the world was round? (2 marks)
3.
Examine the cartoon below, and on the opposite page,
answer the questions provided.
Part I - Answer the following questions as they relate to the cartoon found
on the previous page.
Who are the people in the cartoon and what are they doing?
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Is the cartoon about a real incident or an issue? If so, identify it.
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What makes the cartoon funny?
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Does exaggeration play a role in conveying the message? How?
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Part II - Find your own editorial cartoon from a newspaper and briefly
explain what it is about.
You will be marked out of 10 for the quality of your answers and for the
quality of your editorial cartoon and explaination.