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 WaterUse 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