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Topic 4: Exploration & Trade

Honors Online Task 2

| Task 1 | Task 2 | Task 3 |

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Task 2: Tracing Explorer's Routes to the West

Imagine that it is the year 1600 in Sarges, Portugal… You are the chief cartographer (mapmaker) at the Prince Henry School of Navigation. You have been asked to create a map that shows students at the school the routes followed by famous explorers. Your map must be neat and accurate.

Directions:

  1. Use the interactive map below to complete Online Task 2. You can also print or look at the map from p. 555of your World History textbook.

  2. Use arrows and/or other drawing tools to indicate the routes followed by the following explorers: Columbus, Magellan, Cartier, Cortés, Pizarro and Hudson. Use the colors from the map legend for your arrows, to show the different explorers. Also label the year for each explorer.

  3. Save your map and then submit your work using the Assignment link in Blackboard.

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Save your work and submit it via the Assignment link in Blackboard.