1. Blank Map of the World
Using the atlas find these places and draw and
label them on your map.
– Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, American Samoa,
Alaska, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Wake Island,
Johnston Island,
Use your book (p693) to answer these
questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Why would America want all these small islands
all over the Pacific Ocean?
2. Why was the purchase of Alaska called
“Seward’s Folly”?