Week of January 10, 2011

In class on Monday we will discuss 13(2) and the art of the Northern Renaissance.
Before we complete the chapter and move on to the Reformation and Scientific Revolution we will look at the impact of exploration and the discovery of the New World.
Remember that Constantinople fell in 1453 and the Muslims controlled the routes to the Asian spice trade. A new route had to be found to get these spices.

Due Wednesday: 14(1) the Search for Spices(446-451)
Identify the terms people and places listed on page 446. Read the search is on at the top of p.446, list four of the spices Europeans wanted from Asia.
Look at the Map Skills on page 447, answer question #3.
Look at the infographic on page 449.
Identify the five and illustrate three of the tools used in the Age of Exploration. Read the biography on page 450 and list three facts about Prince Henry the Navigator.
Answer assessment questions #3-6 (odd or even) on page 451.

Due Thursday: 14(2) Turbulent Centuries in Africa (p.452-455) Identify the terms, people and places on page 452. Answer map skills questions #2+3 on page 454. Look at the picture on page 455. Why did the Portuguese build castles in Africa?
Answer Assessment questions #3, 4,6 on page 455.

Due Friday. 13(3) The Protestant Reformation (423-427) Identify the terms, people and places listed on page 423. What is Luther doing in the picture on page 423? Read the biography of Martin Luther on page 425 and answer the question at the bottom. Look at the Calvinist Church pictured on page 427, how does it differ from Medieval Cathedrals?
Answer Assessment questions #3-5 on page 427.

Current Event Week #5 will be passed out this week and due by next Monday.
Trans-Atlantic Slave trade interview can be listened to in place of Current Event. Listen to at least 20 minutes of the interview and list 10 statements from the interview.