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After logging onto the Internet, follow the instructions below to navigate through the Atlas of Canada and become familiar with the parts of the site that you will need to complete this assignment. Answer questions on the lines provided.
1. Go to the Atlas of Canada Web site at: atlas.gc.ca
2. Choose the language you prefer to work in, either English or French.
3. On the left side of the home page you will find a menu called Explore
Our Maps.
a. Put your cursor over the title History.
b. Click on Exploration 1497 to 1760.
c. Click on the link to the Initial Probes 1497 to 1501
Map.
d. Name the three explorers whose initial probes (first explorations) are documented:
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e. Click on the map on the Island of Newfoundland, two times. Notice that your map zooms
in.
f. Click the arrows on the left or right side of the map. What happens?
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g. Make sure that the Island of Newfoundland is centred in the map window.
4. To the right of the map you will see a legend that has the names
of the explorers. There is a radio button beside the legend text Route:
Cabot 1497.
a. Click on the radio button to the left of Route
of Cabot in the legend. What happens?
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b. Click on the Zoom Out button above the
map and, using the information on the map, explain how much
of the east coast of Canada, Cabot explored by 1519?
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c. Zoom into Newfoundland so the whole island is visible. How many settlements were there in 1519 and what were their names?
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d. Print this map.
5. Return to the History section on the menu on
the left of the screen.
a. Put your cursor over the title History.
b. Click on Exploration 1497 to 1760.
c. Click on the link to The Search for a Western Passage c1519 to
1527 Map.
d. Who is the earliest explorer shown on the map?
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e. Using the Zoom In tool, click on the map’s east coast,
then click a second time just below the Island of Newfoundland.
f. Click on the Get Info from Map button above the map
and then click on the Route: Fagundes c1519-20 on
the map. A small pop-out window will appear.
g. Record the information from the pop-up screen.
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h. Next click the Zoom Out button once,
and then click each of the radio buttons to
the left of the explorer’s
names in the legend. Be sure to let the map redraw after
clicking on each one. Which of the explorers explored more
of Canada’s east coast?
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6. Return to the History topic in the Explore
Our Maps menu.
a. Click Exploration 1497 to 1760.
b. Click the link to the Initial Penetration of the St. Lawrence Valley
1534 to 1583 Map.
c. Who are the explorers featured on this map?
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d. Who was the first one?
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e. On the map, click in the centre of where the explorer’s routes are. Use your direction arrows on the side of the map so you can see all of the routes on your map.
f. Click on radio buttons to the left each of Cartier’s
routes, in the legend, Wait for the map to be refreshed and describe
the region of Canada that he covered in each of the journeys.
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ii. _________________________________________________
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7. Return to the History topic in the Explore
Our Maps menu.
a. Click Exploration 1497 to 1760.
b. Click the link to The Atlantic Coast and St. Lawrence River 1603 to
1607 Map.
c. Which explorer is featured on this map?
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d. When did he start exploring?
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e. Click the map in the area where the coloured routes are shown.
f. Notice the little yellow spot south of Nova Scotia. Click on it.
g. How far south did the explorer go?
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h. Click the radio button to the left of Route: Champlain 1603 in the legend
and let the map redraw.
i. Click the Zoom Out button above the map. Once the map redraws,
click the Get Info from Map button above the map and then click
on the route appearing on the map. Record the information about this journey.
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j. Click on the orange line showing Champlain’s 1603 route at the mouth of the
St. Lawrence River. Click the arrow on the bottom edge of the map, until you
can see how far down the St. Lawrence the explorer went. You may need to click
on the west arrow as well.
k. Name the current capital city that he passed on his way up the St. Lawrence
River.
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l. Notice in the upper right of the screen the map of Canada. Notice where the
little red box is. What does the little red box indicate?
8. Click the radio button to the left of Route:
Champlain 1607 in the legend and let the map redraw. If the radio button is not visible, zoom in once.
Click the Zoom Out button above the map. Once
the map redraws, click the Get Info from Map button
above the map and then click on the route appearing on the
map. Record the information about this journey.
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9. Compare Champlain’s Route in 1603 and in 1607. You may wish to print
both maps. You may need to Zoom In or Zoom
Out to adjust
your map.
a. Which journey was the longest?
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b. How many kilometres (approximately) was his 1603 journey?
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c. How many kilometres was his 1607 journey?
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10. Go Back to History and Exploration
1497 to 1760 and chose one other category.
a. Record the name of at least one other explorer.
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b. Print a map with that explorer’s route on it.
c. Using the Get Info from Map button record the data associated with that explorer that is on the pop-up screen.
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11. Answer the following questions to demonstrate what you have learned about some of Canada’s early explorers. Only use the explorers examined in this assignment when answering.
a. Which explorer travelled the farthest distance throughout eastern Canada?
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b. Which explorer travelled the farthest north?
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c. Which explorer travelled the farthest west?
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d. Which explorer travelled the farthest south?
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