VIP Class Notes (Tony) [S]

Instructions:

1. Read the passage

2. Look up any words you need to, that can help you answer the questions.

3. Be ready to explain your answers in class.

Questions 1 through 7 refer to the following passage:

In the 16th century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king’s favor. After he was dismissed from service by the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor Charles V of Spain.

A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World west of 50 degrees W longitude to Spain and all the land east of that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography of South America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America. Finally they found the passage they sought near 50 degrees S latitude. Magellan named this passage the Strait of All Saints, but today it is known as the Strait of Magellan.

One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained crossed the meridian now known as the International Date Line in the early spring of 1521 after 98 days on the Pacific Ocean. During those long days at sea, many of Magellan’s men died of starvation and disease.

Later, Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and 17 sailors under the command of the Basque navigator Elcano survived to complete the westward journey to Spain and thus prove once and for all that the world is round, with no precipice at the edge.

1. The 16th century was an age of great ______ exploration.

A. cosmic
B. land
C. mental
D. common man
E. None of the above

2. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became involved in a political ________.

A. entanglement
B. discussion
C. negotiation
D. problem
E. None of the above

3. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a _________ direction.

A. north and south
B. crosswise
C. easterly
D. south east
E. north and west

4. One of Magellan’s ships explored the _________ of South America for a passage across the continent.

A. coastline
B. mountain range
C. physical features
D. islands
E. None of the above

5. Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern ______.

A. coast
B. inland
C. body of land with water on three sides
D. border
E. Answer not available

6. The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ________.

A. Greenwich
B. The equator
C. Spain
D. Portugal
E. Madrid

7. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the _______ now called the International Date Line.

A. imaginary circle passing through the poles
B. imaginary line parallel to the equator
C. area
D. land mass
E. Answer not available

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Vocabulary

link – something you can click on, that will usually take you to a website.

eg: Don’t click that link above.

advanced – a higher level, maybe better or more difficult than other ones

eg: I’m taking advanced math.

eg: Beijing is the most advanced city in China.

soaked – completely wet

eg: My bag is soaked.

typo – typing mistake

eg: I always make typos in class.

gaze – to look at something for a long time, in a relaxing way

eg: He’s always gazing at the stars.

idle – not moving, or doing much

eg: All of his idle time made him quite lazy.

Pronunciation

Russia – Ruh Shuh

Grammar

Be + Adj.

I + Adj.

I am interested(adj) in it.

He being    He is being

Who is the funniest person you know?

Do they make a lot of jokes?

Are they funny? and they don’t know it?

One of my classmates he is very funny. He is from Shanghai and he is 1 years old. He is funny but he also very clever, he always got a good score after the exam. Sometimes he also very friendly to others and he is helpful to he often help other students with their homework and schoolwork. He always made jokes during the short break each class and sometimes on the class he also makes some jokes. And he knows he is funny and he just want to make other laugh. sometimes the teacher thinks he’s funny. I remember the teach get angry for one time. because he’s being funny and he is being so funny and he make all the students laugh and the teacher can’t keep the class quiet and he gets angry.

One of My classmates he is very funny. He’s from Shanghai and he’s 12 years old. He’s funny but he‘s also very clever, he always got a good score on the exam. Sometimes he‘s also very friendly to others and he’s helpful. to He often helps other students with their homework and schoolwork. He always makes jokes during the short break each class and sometimes on the in class he also makes some jokes. And he knows he is funny and he just wants to make others laugh. Sometimes the teacher thinks he’s funny. I remember the teach got angry for one time because he’s being funny and he was being so funny and he made all the students laugh so the teacher couldn’t keep the class quiet and he got angry.

Pronunciation

he’s also – Hee Zaal So