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Outline Map Activities

Chapter 13 Section 1 Trails West
Essential Question:
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The Opening of the West, 1850 ________________________________________

A. Use the map on textbook page 395 to locate the following bodies of water, cities,
states, and trails. Then label them on the outline map on the back of this page.
Bodies of Water Cities Trails
1. Label
and Color Pacific Ocean Sacramento Old Spanish Trail 4. Label
Blue trails
Rio Grande St. Louis Oregon Trail already
drawn on
Mississippi River Nauvoo Mormon Trail map and
highlight
3. Write Fort Hall Santa Fe Trail them in
the orange
States name of Santa Fe California Trail
2. Label the city
and Color Illinois in Red Los Angeles 5. You must
Yellow pen
California Council Bluffs also label the
remaining
Iowa Salt Lake City states; color is
optional but
Missouri Independence must be a color
not already used
Fort Vancouver for this
assignment.

B. After labeling your map, use it to answer the following questions.

1. On what body of water is the city of Los Angeles located?

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2. Which trails begin in Independence?

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3. About how many miles long was the California Trail?

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4. What body of water does the Old Spanish Trail cross?

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5. Which two trails could travelers leaving from Fort Hall follow and to what two
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cities did the trails lead?

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6. On what body of water are the cities of St. Louis and Nauvoo located?

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7. The city of Sacramento lies just to the west of what line of longitude?

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8. What route did the Mormon Trail follow to the West?

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