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7.40 Historical Maps Routes, Boundaries, and Change Over Time Worksheet

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This Grade 7 Social Studies worksheet provides structured practice on 7.40 Historical Maps Routes, Boundaries, and Change Over Time. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Historical Maps: Routes, Boundaries, and Change Over Time - Which choice best demonstrates this skill — Historical Maps: Routes, Boundaries, and Change Over Time — by asking students to interpret historical maps to track routes, boundary changes, migration flows, and shifting control, and connect these to causes and consequences.? (CCSS RH.6-8.7; National Geography Standards 1–3)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery
Study the map of Europe after World War II showing shifted borders and arrows for population transfers. Which conclusion is best supported?
APopulation transfers ended in Europe long before 1945.
BBorder changes had no effect on where people lived.
CAll refugees moved voluntarily for tourism.
DNew borders and wartime decisions led many people to move or be expelled after the war.
Solution & Explanation:The arrows on the postwar map show that millions were relocated or fled as states redrew borders and governments reordered populations.
Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery
Use the map pair of overland Silk Road routes during Mongol unity and after political fragmentation in Central Asia. Which conclusion is best supported?
AFragmentation always makes travel safer and cheaper.
BSea routes vanished once land routes became harder to use.
CWhen political control fractured, overland trade could become less secure and less attractive than some sea routes.
DPolitical changes in Central Asia had no effect on trade.
Solution & Explanation:The comparison suggests that stable control can help route security, while fragmentation can increase risks that push merchants toward alternatives.
Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery
Study the map of the British Empire and sea routes to India before and after the Suez Canal. Which claim is best supported?
AThe canal made India farther from Britain by sea.
BThe canal increased the strategic value of Egypt because it shortened Britain's route to India.
CBritain lost all interest in Mediterranean routes after the canal.
DThe canal connected London directly to Australia by railroad.
Solution & Explanation:By reducing the distance between Britain and India, the canal made control of the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt more important.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Grade 7 Social Studies students. It aligns with educational standard CCSS RH.6-8.7 (Primary standard selected for prompt fields in this prompt cell: CCSS RH.6-8.7. Skill statement in this prompt cell: Which choice best demonstrates this skill — Historical Maps: Routes, Boundaries, and Change Over Time — by asking students to interpret historical maps to track routes, boundary changes, migration flows, and shifting control, and connect these to causes and consequences.? Associated standards listed with this skill in this prompt cell: CCSS RH.6-8.7; National Geography Standards 1–3. Use this prompt-provided wording as the supporting standard description for this workflow.).

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