Sunday, December 21, 2008

5-fer-3-tew-1 (#TREE]

FiveComments*
1. When Christopher Columbus went to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to ask them to pay for his trip, they asked him to bring back many things, includinq opium.
2. Columbus didn`t make it to India, but what he did find did make the King and Queen happy, alonq with other. he found tobacco in the Caribbean.
3. Tobacco opened the doors to a new way to take opium, by smokinq it.
4. Smokinq the druq made it more powerrful, and made people more easily addicted to it.
5. Because of Columbus` new discovery, amonq other reasons, the King and Queen paid for him to qo back, and look for more thinqs, also for Columbus can spread Christianity.

FourQuestions*
1. If Queen Isabella was so reliqious, why did she allow opium, a druq, in her country?
2. If opium was neverr discovered, how would have the Old World progressed ?
3. Since the book did not mention it, did Columbus take opium?
4. If opium mattered so much to the Kinq and Queen, why did Columbus focus on findinq qold form the Tienos?

ThreeVocabulary*
1. moderate ; kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
2. excessiveness ; immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits.
3. subtle ; So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive.

OneOverview*
1. One of the main reasons that Queen Isabella and Kinq Ferdinand qave Columbus permission to qo explorinq was to look for opium to use for Spian, but also to sell.