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__Assignment 1 __Directions: Please search for ten of the landforms that we discussed and where they are located on the Eastern Hemisphere. Please state the landform, supply a definition, find a picture to post and finally write a nonfictional paragraph discussing a trip about the landforms that you visited Mountain Range- A series of connecting mountains. This is a picture of the Himalayas in Asia.

River-A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake or another stream. This is a picture of the Nile River in Egypt. Island- A tract of land completely surrounded by water. This is a picture of robben Island in Cape Town,South Africa

Mountain- A naturally upward projection of the earth's surface. This is mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. Volcano- A vent in the earth's crust through which lava,steam,ashes, etc..... are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals. Mount Eyjaffjalla in Iceland.

Geyser- A hot spring that intermittently sends fountain-like jets of water and steam into the air. The Valley of Geysers in Siberia. plateau- a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoined land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons. Basaltic Plateau in Siberia.

coast- The land next to the sea;seashore.

The Mendocino Coast.
Ocean- The vast body of water that covers 3-4ths of the Earth's surface.

The Pacific ocean.
Bay- A body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline. The Hudson Bay

As I traveled the world with Rob Ryan we visited many landforms. We took a canoe ride on the Nile River and Rob was eletrecuted by eals. We also climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. Our plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean and we almost drowned, but a great white whale saved us nd took us back to shore. We took a swim in the Hudson Bay. Finally we went to a basaltic plateau in Siberia. it was the BEST TRIP EVER!!!!!!!

**Assignment 2: Please write a two page, 1.5 space, 14 font paper on your Renaissance Man. This is due December 20th.** **Puppet Presentations will take place in class on December 20th. Have fun exploring.** Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan was born in1480 in Sabrosa, Kingdom of Portugal. He was a Portuguese explorer. His parents died when he was 10. He had many accomplishments such as, finding the Strait of Magellan. He captained the first circumnavigation expedition. He died when he was 40 or 41, April 27, 1521 in Mactan, Cebu, Philippines, during one of his famous voyages. His name in Portuguese was Fernao Maga. His first expedition was when he was 25, when he sailed to the Spice Islands. One of his struggles was that he did not get money from the King of Portugal for his voyage. He did get money from the King of Spain because the King liked the idea of a new trade route to Asia. He had trouble finding sailors because of the strong diversity between the Spanish and Portuguese. He was so desperate for sailors that he took in some prisoners to help. In September of 1519 Magellan set sail with five ships, the Santiago, the San Antonio, the Conception, the Trinidad and the Victoria. The struggle was endless with lack of food, resulting in the eating of rats, the lack of supplies caused many deaths and sickness. They couldn’t find a route through South America. In October of 1520 we found a strait. Magellan named it The Strait of Magellan. It took 38 days to sail through it. Magellan came to a very large body of water that Balboa had discovered years before that. Ferdinand named it the Pacific Ocean because of its calmness. After that the crew had noticed that the captain of the San Antonio had deserted Magellan and had sailed back to Spain. In March of 1521 him and his crew came to Guam an island in the Pacific. From Guam they headed toward Moluccas. Along the way they were caught in a war in the Philippines. He was hit in the arm with a bamboo spear which knocked him down. Then all of the natives surrounded him and finished him off. The Trinidad and the Victoria were the only ships to reach the Spice Islands. The Santiago sunk in a deadly storm. On their way back the Trinidad was captured by the natives who had claimed the Spice Islands. The Victoria was the only ship to return with only 18 living men, out of 250. Ferdinand Magellan inspires me to always try as hard as you can to get what you want even if there are many obstacles in the way. Even though Magellan did not completely finish his journey, he never gave up and didn’t care if his voyage was going to take his life. Ferdinand Magellan was very loyal to his country and to his king, Even though his king was not loyal in return. Ferdinand Magellan was a great role model to his crew, his followers and to the whole world even to this day. He was a very interesting person to do a report on. I actually enjoyed doing this report. To learn more facts about Ferdinand Magellan visit [] and [] BY JP Kennedy 6A Geography