Thursday, December 4, 2008

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5 Comments


  • These chapters are when Europe decided that they should explore the oceans and trade.

  • Europe had began trading with the help of Asian technology.

  • Asia had better technology to trade with other countries but Europes technology wasn't as advanced as theirs was.

  • The Chinease were very skilled at making their ships they had special ships built to sail for monsoon wheather.

  • Europe mainly wanted to trade with Asia to get spices to preserve their food for longer.

4 Questions


  • What made Europe want to trade?

  • Did trading work out for Europe?

  • Did Europe trading have a big effect on the World?
  • Did all of Europe trade?

3 Vocabulary


  • rustic-simple, artless, or unsophisticated.

  • arable-land that can be or is cultivated.

  • despotic-of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical

2 Literary Terms



  • Foil

  • Mood

1 Overview Sentance

These chapters are about Europe in the later middle ages which was when they began to trade with countries like Asia and Africa.

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