Map Key
Age of Exploration Map
Name ___________________________ Period______ Date ______________
European Exploration Map Assignment
Use the map on pp. 204-205 (p. 51 in the Brown Book or use the internet) to complete the
assignment
• Label the following continents on your map:
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
• Label the Cape of Good Hope (tip of Africa), Philippines, East Indies
• Draw two lines that identifies the Treaty of Tordesillas, Line of Demarcation, 1494
and label it.
• Locate Portugal and color it orange. With an orange pencil, trace the voyages of the
following explorers on your map. Then carefully print the explorer’s name along the
path of the voyage
• Dias
.. ..
, DaGama
• Locate Spain and color it green. With a green pencil, trace the voyages of the following
explorers on your map. Then carefully print the explorer’s name along the path of
the voyage
• Columbus
Coronado
, Balboa
, Cortés
, Magellan (Elcano)
. .
, Pizarro
+++
,
, DeSoto - - - -
• Locate France and color it red. With a red pencil, trace the voyages of the following
explorer on your map. Then carefully print the explorer’s name along the path of the
voyage
• La Salle
• Create a map key. Identify the colors in the Key (i.e. Portugal: Orange, Spain:
Green, France: Red)