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Trade Routes Long Ago and Today
Native American Trade Routes of the United States
Trade Routes’ Impact Today We still use a lot of native trails and trade routes. Many major city roads and U.S. highways follow the same paths Native American s took thousands of years ago! For example, Interstate 94 (I-94) between Chicago and Detroit is on top of an old path native peoples used 11,000 years ago! Another example is Interstate (I-75) from Michigan to Florida. This is also on top of an old native path. The original name for this route was “the Great Path.”
Modern Highway Systems of the United States
Look at the map and identify the trade corridors/pathways used today that are the same as the paths Native American s used thousands of years ago. What resources are traded today from one region to another?
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