1. Write down the main idea of the chapter "Climate" here.
it is all about climate and the differences between
2. Reading Check Questions on 54- What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is just the temperature around your area. Climate is the temperature of the area you are in accordance to the sun.
3. Applying Map Skills Question 1. In which general direction does the wind blow over North America?
it usually blows toward the west from the east.
4. Applying Map Skills Question 2. What winds did European sailers use to get to South America and the islands north of it?
The winds they used were south west winds.
5. Answer the Reading Check Question on page 55- How does the tilt of the Earth affect climate? (This is a difficult, tricky, complicated question. You can NOT just copy the answer out of the textbook. Because the answer is NOT EXACTLY found in the textbook. You will have to figure it out, think about the notes we took and discussed, and ... re-read page 55 to answer this well.
The tilt of the earth affects the climate because if the sun is aimed at a certain point then that point will be hotter. Since the earth's tilted not just one spot get sun, but some areas get sun no matter what season.
6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus?
Columbus's trip to asia relates because it showed the wind pattrerns and where the better places were to sail.
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