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Europeans Explore the East
We will study how explorers traveled the globe and changed the world forever.
Using the maps on the back, complete the steps below to chart the destinations of
those countries that began an age of conquest, exploration, and trade.
On both maps locate and label these bodies of water and put the name in the proper place.
a. Atlantic Ocean
e. Arabian Sea
b. Indian Ocean
f. Mediterranean Sea
c. Strait of Malacca
g. East China Sea
d. Pacific Ocean
On the Old World Exploration Map:
- Locate and label The Netherlands (Dutch) and color it ORANGE.
- Color areas dominated (controlled or claimed) by the Dutch East Indian company
in Orange.
- Locate and label Japan and color it BLACK.
- Locate and label Portugal and color it YELLOW.
- Color all areas explored by the Portuguese in YELLOW
Trace the paths taken by these explorers on the Old World Explorers Map. (Put each explorer’s
name and the country they represented next to their exploration route.)
Marco polo
Zheng He
Bartholomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
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Using the New World Exploration Map:
Locate and label Spain and color it GREEN.
Color all areas claimed by Spain in Green
Locate and label England and color it RED.
Locate and label France and color it BROWN.
NEW WORLD EXPLORERS (Place the paths they took on the New World Map. Place the explorers
name and the country they represented next to the route they took)
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Pedro Cabral
Balboa
Hernando De Soto
John Cabot
Verrazano
Henry Hudson
Samuel de Champlain