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VOCAB/TESTS You will need your device today!

WARM UP § On your KIM Sheet (coming around now) list the following words. § Just list them! We will take time in class to look up their meaning's one at a time. § Beringia § New World § Old World § Northwest Passage § Conquistador § Columbian Exchange § Mercantilism § Triangular Trade

ANNOUNCEMENTS § Today we will be going over some new vocabulary for our upcoming unit. § The guiding question for this unit will be: Why did Europeans colonize North America/Africa and not the other way around? § To answer this we will look at: § Native American Cultures § African Culture § European motivations for exploration § Early attempts at colonizing America § Some of you will be getting your tests back today. In order to do any corrections you will need to: § Complete the study guide § Attend a REACH reteaching session § Complete a test reflection sheet § Make it to a Friday Night School session to complete your corrections.

BERINGIA § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the word Beringia § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: A land mass which connected North America (Alaska) to Asia (Russia) during the Ice Age

NEW WORLD § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the term New World § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: A phrase which is typically used in reference to North and South America. "New" because the Europeans were just discovering it.

OLD WORLD § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the term Old World § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: A phrase which is typically used in reference to Europe and Asia. "Old" because the Europeans already knew about it.

NORTHWEST PASSAGE § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the term Northwest Passage § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: A sea route which, supposedly, could go around North America by travelling through northern bodies of water.

CONQUISTADOR § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the word Conquistador § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: A Spanish explorer/mercenary who came to North America looking for fame and gold.

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the term Columbian Exchange § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: A transfer of goods, ideas, and creatures between the Old and New Worlds cause by European explorers.

MERCANTILISM § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the term Mercantilism § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: The economic idea that wealth equaled power and that nations should be self sufficient.

TRIANGULAR TRADE § Using your device, textbook, or dictionary, look up the term Triangular Trade § Create a memory clue or use the word in a sentence § Definition: The economic system, based on mercantilism, during the 17 th and 18 th century which Europeans used to make their nations wealthy