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Pale of Calais

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/pale-of-calais

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the location?

  2. 2. What is the period of english rule?

  3. 3. What was the Pale of Calais and why was it important to England?

  4. 4. How did England get control of the Pale of Calais?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Hundred Years' War

  • Suzerainty

  • Entrepôt

  • Geopolitics

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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