Ahoy Sailors!
Here is your task, using your computers, you are going to use the FreeMapTools website to calculate the distance from the United States of America to Tripoli.
Steps to Accomplish your mission:
1. Decide where you are choosing to depart from and input that city in the "From" section
2. We are going to be sailing to the pirates home base in Libya, specifically, the Port of Tripoli. Input Tripoli in the "To" section.
3. Be sure to measure the distance in miles (and write down the distance)
Good Luck! (Click Here)
4. Once you calculate the distance, look around the Port of Tripoli, President Jefferson had a few concerns about the area:
Here is your task, using your computers, you are going to use the FreeMapTools website to calculate the distance from the United States of America to Tripoli.
Steps to Accomplish your mission:
1. Decide where you are choosing to depart from and input that city in the "From" section
2. We are going to be sailing to the pirates home base in Libya, specifically, the Port of Tripoli. Input Tripoli in the "To" section.
3. Be sure to measure the distance in miles (and write down the distance)
Good Luck! (Click Here)
4. Once you calculate the distance, look around the Port of Tripoli, President Jefferson had a few concerns about the area:
- What sorts of things do you notice?
- Why do you think the pirates gravitate around those waters?
- Evaluate why the United States wants to go there (trade? money? goods?)
- You can also use this map for a more detailed picture of the Barbary Coast (click Here!)