Settlement Patterns

SETTLEMENT PATTERNS

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Locate and label the following Historic Routes and Features on the 11” X 17” Physiographic Map

Erie Canal Cumberland Gap Hudson Lowlands

Mohawk Valley Wyoming Basin Mississippi River

Ohio River Missouri River Platte River

St. Lawrence River Snake River Great Valley (Shenandoah)

Central Valley Willamette Valley Puget Sound

Gila River Columbia River Great Lakes

Potomac River Susquehanna River Red River of the North

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MAKING OF AMERICA MAPS (15 MAPS)

MAKING OF CANADA MAPS (7 MAPS)

1) Determine and draw the approximate location of each region and label on the North American Map

2) Select two (2) of the maps series (use the narrative side)

-What are at least three major ideas being portrayed on the map

Who moved

Why settled there

What were some the issues or problems

Other ideas?

-What are three physical geography conditions that influenced migration and settlement

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TERRITORIAL GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES MAP

1) Examine the lines that show the growth of the expansion of territory acquired. .

2) Look at Minnesota on each of the inset maps. List the former names used for the area that would become Minnesota.