Geography: The World in 1750
OER PROJECT: WH1750/ LESSON 1.7ACTIVITY GEOGRAPHY: THE WORLD IN 17501Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Geography: The World in 1750,” OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/PurposeReview what you’re learning about empires in 1750 usingyour geography skills.This activity will help orient you as you learn about the world and the political communities that existed at this point in time.Process1.Basedon what you know about the worldin 1750, which states or empires do you think were most powerfulin 1750?2.Choose five political communities (one from each column) to add to your map on page2. Land-basedempiresOtherstatesSpanish EmpireBritish EmpireFrench EmpireQing EmpireDahomeySpainBritainFranceMughal EmpireAsanteNew Spain (colony)Jamaica (colony)St. Domingue (colony)RussianEmpireTokugawa ShogunatePeru (colony)Ireland (colony)New France (colony)Ottoman EmpireBeninNew Granada (colony)The Thirteen ColoniesMadras (colony)
OER PROJECT: WH1750 / LESSON 1.7ACTIVITY GEOGRAPHY: THE WORLD IN 175023.Open the 1750 Political Map and zoom in. Explore the map to locate each of the five political communities you chose andthenlabel and fill in each of them on the blank map below.
OER PROJECT: WH1750 / LESSON 1.7ACTIVITY GEOGRAPHY: THE WORLD IN 175034.Looking at this map, what is one question you have about how empires changed after1750?