Map: TRAILS to the WEST

Map: TRAILS TO THE WEST

1.  Title: TRAILS TO THE WEST

2.  Use the reference atlas in the back of your book (RA 2-5) and other maps your teacher may provide to label the following cities:

Oregon City (now Portland) Sacramento Los Angeles

Salt Lake City Santa Fe Chicago

Independence (now Kansas City, MO) St. Louis Cincinnati

New Orleans Nauvoo Washington, DC

3.  Label the following geographic features:

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS ROCKY MOUNTAINS GREAT SALT LAKE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER MISSOURI RIVER OHIO RIVER

GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE RIVER South Pass

4.  Use the maps on pp. 370-371, 372 and the map at the front of the room to draw in the major routes to the west. Follow rivers and geographic features where appropriate. Use a different color for each trail, and label them in a color-coded key in the lower right.

Oregon Trail – Independence through the South Pass to Oregon City

California Trail – Independence through the South Pass to Sacramento

Mormon Trail – Nauvoo through the South Pass to Salt Lake City

Santa Fe Trail – St. Louis to Santa Fe

5.  Place a compass rose in the lower left corner. Label the 4 main directions.

6.  Put your heading on your map in the upper right corner.