Map Activity
Map Activity
MAP 2.2 EUROPEAN EXPLORATION IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA
This map illustrates the approximate routes of early European explorations of the New World.
READING THE MAP:
Question 2.1
Which countries were most actively exploring the New World? Which countries were exploring later than others?
CONNECTIONS:
Question 2.2
What were the motivations behind the explorations? What were the motivations for colonization?