Map assignment

The Spanish-American War

1.  Locate the following places described below.  Label each place with its name and letter of the description.

a.  Admiral Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in this city's harbor.

b.  This city is located at a latitude and longitude of 28 degrees north/82 degrees W.

c.  Roosevelt's Rough Riders stormed San Juan hill in the battle over this city.

d.  Dewey sailed to the Philippines from this city.

e.  Spanish control of this Caribbean island worried the United States since the island was only 90 miles off the coast of Florida.

f.  In this city's harbor, a mysterious explosion destroyed the American battleship Maine.

g.  The latitude and longitude of this city is 24 degrees N/82 degrees W.

2.  Locate and label the following:

    Puerto Rico

    Caribbean Sea

    Haiti

    Philippine Islands

    Pacific Ocean

    Florida

    Atlantic Ocean

    Dominican Republic

    South China Sea

    China

3.  Use different colors or patterns to show the routes of the United States Army and Navy in the Caribbean, the Spanish fleet in the Caribbean, and the United States Navy in the South China Sea during the Spanish-American War.

4.  Create a key in the box

5.  Answer:  a)  Where did the United States Navy meet the Spanish fleet in the Caribbean?  b)  In which direction did Dewey sail from Hong Kong to the Philippines? c)  What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Puerto Rico?  Of Santiago?  d)  What strategy did the United States Navy use in the Caribbean?

6.  a)  Check a world map and find out the distance between the Caribbean and the Philippines.  What difficulty might there have been fighting a war in places so far apart? b)  Why did the United States go to war in the Philippines.