Map Activity 1 for Chapter 2
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MAP 2.2
European Exploration in Sixteenth-Century America
This map illustrates the approximate routes of early European explorations of the New World.
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READING THE MAP: Which countries were most actively exploring the New World? Which countries were exploring later than others?
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CONNECTIONS: What were the motivations behind the explorations? What were the motivations for colonization?