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=PORT 1 AND 2= You might hit a land with lots of resources such as oils and has a fertile land to farm. You might not know the distance of the starting poing and the place of arrival. If you don't know the distance, then you might not know how much oils you have to put and how much food you need for the crew. I would interact with them with body language if we can't understand each other's language or bring a translator so the leader of those people and I can communicate. Then I would inform them about my country and spread the Christianity.
 * What possible rewards might come from exploring the seas for new lands?
 * What are the risks involved in embarking on a voyage into the unknown?
 * What will you do if you actually run into other people?

Astrolabe Astrolabe is a brass circle with carefully adjusted rings mared off in degrees. Using the rings to sight the stars, a sea captain could calculate latitude, or how far north or south of the equator the ship was.

Journals Christopher Columbus: In august 3, 1914, I finally left my home to voyage to find the alternate route to Asia with my crew. I packed enough supplies for us to survive for long time. As we kept voyaging, we finally hit an island which I thought was an Asia. I called them Indians. We traded goods we had and both of us were satisfied. However, I couldn't find any gold and netither the route to Asia. Good thing is that from this voyage, Spanish said that they will sponsor me for 3 voyages.

Ferdinand Magellan: I come to voyage the whole world. I packed enough supplies and grouped up with over than 250 men. I'm planning to sail over the tip of Southern end of America and to the waters of Pacific. Unfortunately, I was involved in a local war in Philipeans. I did lose a great number of of men but i feel proud of myself sine I'm the first one in the whole world who sailed the whole world.

Vasco DaGama: It's already been 2 years since I left my hometown, Portugal. Although I miss my family a lot, I found lots of good things here. My crew and I filled my ship with all different kinds of spices. Can you believe that all the spices I filled today value six times the cost of the voyage? It's unbelievable. I feel like I accomplished a big ting today.

My journal: I'm planning to to leave tonight to voyage the the antartica. I want to explore there because unique organisms live there and I have never been there. Today's going to be the official day for me to leave with my friends. When I get there, I'm going to meet the people who lives there and trade the information of where I live and the Antartica.




 * || Christopher Columbus || Ferdinand Magellan || Vasco DaGama ||
 * Sponsoring Nation || Spain || Spain || Portugal ||
 * Date of the Voyage || The August 3,1492; september of 1493 || 1519 || 1497 ||
 * Size of the Fleet. || Huge enough to carry over 1,000 soldiers, colonists, and crewmen. || Big enough to carry 250 men. || Big enough to carry 170 men. ||

=PORT 3=

The causes of the African slavery is the impact of the Islam. Muslim rulers in Africa justified enslavement with the Muslim belief that Muslim prisoner of war could be bought and sold as slaves. And the shortage of native slaves and saw advantages in them such as immunization for European diseases, experience of farming and the difference in color skin. and now knowing the way to escape. They were cheap also. The Spain took the an early lead in importing Africans to the Americas. As they colonize the mainland of American, they enslaved a great number of Africans. During the 1600s, Brazil occupied the European sugar market. As the colony’s sugar industry grew, so too did the European colonists’ demand for cheap labor. This resulted more than 40 percent of Africans being moved to Brazil.
 * Identify the causes of African slavery.

The Triangular Trade Route is the way of 4 locations, West Indies Africa, New England and ,trading their own goods with other nation. OVer one trade route, Europeans would export their goods oversea such as precious mines, slaves, or spices to Africa. There, traders switched off goods form Europe with slaves from Africa. Then slaves were transported to West Indies. Merchants bought sugar, coffee, and tobacco in the West Indies and sailed to Europe with these products. The other route was from New England to Africa. Europeans often carried rum and other goods. There they traded the merchants with slaves. The traders then transported the Africans to the West indies and was traded off with sugar and molasses. They sold these goods to rum producers in New England. Pattern kept going until the slavery ended.
 * Explain the Triangular Trade Route.

The consequences of the slave trade was impact on population of the Africa, and tearing apart the family. Numerous number of the young and ables were taken by the traders resulting a decrease in the African population. In an addition, a great deal of families were divided and were never able to reunite again. On the other hand, America had an huge impact on them too by slaves. Since there were countless numbers of Africans on the American land, Americans were influenced by the African’s culture such as their art, music, religion, and so on. Now a days, influence of the early Africans is shown in America when there’s numerous number of African American. Early Africans definitely left their traces off in the America.
 * Identify the consequences of the slave trade.

Positive Impact of the Global Trading Nations were able to get the goods that they didn't produce or didn't have by trading goods with each other. By trading, a great number of people gained wealth. As they gained wealth, they reinvested and

Negative Impact of the Global Trading When goods were manufactured, something was transported other than goods, and that was a disease. Also, the nations' money supply increased since he economic activity increased. When people have more money and spend more, then price of the goods increased.