World History, Grades 9-12

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4.2 Creating a Map

CREATING A MAPcan help you understand routes, regions, landforms, political

boundaries, or other geographical information.

Understanding the Skill

STRATEGY: CREATE A MAPto clarify information and help you visualize what you

read. Creating a map is similar to taking notes, except that you draw much of the

information. After reading the passage below, a student sketched the map shown.

Applying the Skill

MAKE YOUR OWN SKETCH MAP.Turn to Chapter 20, page 556, and read the first

three paragraphs of the section “Spanish Conquests in Peru.” Create a sketch map

showing the cities where Pizarro conquered the Inca. Use either a modern map of Peru

or an historic map of the Incan Empire as a guide. (The conquered cities of the empire

also belong to the modern nation of Peru.) Include a scale of miles to show the dis-

tance traveled by the Spanish to make their conquests. Add a legend to indicate which

conquest involved a battle and which did not.

Section 4:Creating Presentations

Create a title that shows the

purpose of the map.

Consider the purpose of the

map as you decide which fea-

tures to include. Because the

main purpose of this sketch map is

to show the routes of early explor-

ers, it includes a scale of distance.

Find one or more maps to use

as a guide. For this sketch map,

the student consulted a historical

map and a physical map.

Create a legend to explain any

colors or symbols used.

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The French Explore North America

A number of Frenchmen were among the early explorers of North America. In 1534, Jacques

Cartier sailed up a broad river that he named the St. Lawrence. When he came to a large island

dominated by a mountain, he called the island Mont Real, which eventually became known as

Montreal. In 1608, another French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, sailed further up the St. Lawrence

and laid claim to a region he called Quebec. In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet explored

the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River. Nearly 10 years later, Sieur de La Salle explored

the lower Mississippi and claimed the entire river valley for France.

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