1. Choose ONE of the following questions and add your response to it to the blog comments. You MUST end your comment with a question, either about something you do not understand, OR something you are interested in reading other people's views on. The question must be related to the reading.
2. Choose ONE other person's comment and respond to his/her question.
* Please use complete sentences, and give appropriate detail in your comments. If you are able to use specific pieces of information from the reading in your response, it will be better preparation for the class that follows as well as the summative assessment later.
Questions:
i. Why would an explorer want a sponsor?
ii. How did new technology impact early exploration?
iii. Columbus made many mistakes. Were his voyages disasters?
iv. What comes first- innovation or exploration?
v. Why did the Portugese favour trade routes to the east?