age of discovery: mapping activity. lines of references to label on world map prime meridian –...
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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