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Literature Circles Chapter 3

__** Important People Chapter 3 section 11: **__ Rachel Hollinger

__** Vasco da Gama **__- a Portuguese navigator, who in 1498 had rounded Africa, and found himself on the Malabar coast. In 1502, Da Gama returned and a ferocious war broke out between the Portuguese and Arab merchants. This would lead to the Portuguese permanent stations on the Malabar Coast.

__** Christopher Columbus **__- in 1492 in an attempt to reach China by crossing the Atlantic, Columbus ended up finding the Americas, which would lead to greater expansion of the world and spread Erupean culture.

__** St. Francis Xavier **__- 1550 had baptized thousands of souls in India, Indonesia, and even Japan.

Important People Ch 3 sec 11: Jake Seagriff

__** Vasco da Gama- **__

__** St. Francis Xavier- **__

__** Christopher Columbus- **__

__**Magellan-**__

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**Chapter 3 Section 11: Graphic Organizer** **Nick Lapiana**

Map of voyages that discovered America

__**Discussion Questions Chapter 3 Section 11:**__ Anastasia Clayton


 * 1. Where did the Portuguese land and what happened?**
 * A.** The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed on the Malabar Coast, which this the southwest coast of India. da Gama was aware that the people there were worried that the Portuguese would disrupt their channels of commerce, so on his second voyage he brought a flighting fleet. There ended up being a ferocious war, but the Portuguese, being more developed in weapons and experience, won.


 * 2. What treaty did the Portuguese and the Spanish create and what did it do?**
 * A.** They made a treaty between the two of them in 1494 that divided the the globe between them by an imaginary north-and-south line that ran from a point in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean through the north pole and across eastern Asia.


 * 3. What was a Mestizo and what was a Creole?**
 * A.** A Mestizo was a person of mixed white and Native American descent according to the Spanish. A Creole was an American born white and were looked down upon by the Spanish.

Chapter 3 Section 11 Vocabulary Tara Stolarski

The West Indies- lands where Christopher Columbus landed in 1492, Columbus sailed from Spain in hopes of reaching Asia with a western route instead of an eastern one, they came across land that they thought were parts of outlying Indies when in reality the lands were the Americas

conquistadors- a Spanish conqueror or soldier who helped in conquering lands especially in Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

encomienda- A grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area, the Indians were required to work for an owner for a certain amount of days in a week, and they retained parcels of land on which they worked for themselves

Chapter 3 Section 11 Online resource Sam Petree Vasco de Gama - []

Michael Childs
=Discovery of America= This picture is a representation of Christopher Columbus discovering America. =European Discoveries= During the period of 1450-1600 many explorers discovered new places, creating routes of trade and even transportation.