Age of Discovery: Mapping Activity

Lines of References to label on World Map Prime Meridian – Solid Purple Line Equator – Solid Orange Line Treaty of Tordesillas – Dashed Black Line

Label Bodies of Water Use Textbook Atlases: A4, A6, and A10 Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean Strait of Magellan Mediterranean Sea Hudson Bay Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea

Outline in Green & Label Continents/Territories North America South America Africa Europe Australia Greenland Iceland

Spanish Exploration Label and Shade Spain in RED Trace & label the routes of the following explorers in RED

Christopher Columbus 1492

Ferdinand Magellan 1521

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa 1513

Hernan Cortez 1519

Francisco Pizarro 1532

Portuguese Exploration Label and Shade Portugal in BROWN Trace & label the routes of the following explorers in BROWN

Bartolomeu Dias 1486

Pedro Cabral 1500

Vasco da Gama 1497

English Exploration Label and Shade England in YELLOW Trace & label the routes of the following explorers in YELLOW

John Cabot 1497

Henry Hudson 1610

Sr. Francis Drake 1577

Explorer Questions After completing the map, Fill in the missing information on the questions on the back of the World Map