Welcome! Thank you for viewing this site. I hope you find it helpful! Global 10R Class Objectives for the week: *Summarize how Portugal built a trading empire in South and Southeast Asia. *Explain the causes and effects of the Age of Exploration (Turning-Point) *Understand how the Europeans presence in Africa explanded. Thursday (9/18/08) Per 3 - We completed section 4 notes - "Encounters in East Asia". Also- we did some essay