1. Write down the main idea of the chapter "Climate" here.
"Wind and water carry rainfall and the sun's warmth around the world to create different climates."
2. Reading Check Questions on 54- What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather describes the air in a short period of time and Climate describes it over a long period of time.
3. Applying Map Skills Question 1. In which general direction does the wind blow over North America?
Westerlies.
4. Applying Map Skills Question 2. What winds did European sailors use to get to South America and the islands north of it?
Northeasterly and Southeasterly.
5. Answer the Reading Check Question on page 55- How does the tilt of the Earth affect climate?
"Because the earth's tilt and revolution around the sun, the sun's rays hit various places at different angles at different times of the year". So climate changes and becomes warmer or colder.
6. How does this relate to the Voyages of Columbus? Answer, and put in a link to YOUR Columbus Wind Project. My, Project
Hunter, Rush. "Hadley Cell: Explained", November 6, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ujeHW_kf7Q. Accesed on March 17, 2017.