Who led the Age of Exploration?
Step 1: Go to the ArcGIS Online map, Early European Exploration, and explore the map.
- What kingdoms were located on the Iberian Peninsula?
Step 2: Open and read the map note off the coast of Portugal.
- Why did Portugal become the early leader of exploration?
Where did Portugal explore?
Step 3: Open and read the map note near West Africa.
Step 4: Why had no one explored past Cape Bojador?
Step 5: With the Details button depressed, click the button, Contents.
Step 6: Click the checkbox to the left of the layer name, Early Portuguese Routes.
Step 7: Click the button, Bookmarks. Choose Southern.
Step 8: Click on each route to answer the following questions.
- Who sailed past Cape Bojador, and in what year?
- Who sailed to the southern tip of Africa, and in what year?
Step 10: Open and read the map note near the southern tip of Africa.
- Why do you think Portugal changed the name?
Where did Spain explore?
Step 11: Click the button, Bookmarks. Select Western.
Step 12: Turn off the layer, Early Portuguese Routes.
Step 13: Turn on the layer, Spain’s First Voyage.
Step 14: Click the red line.
- Who explored for Spain, and in which direction?
Step 15: Click the button, Bookmarks. Select Landfall.
- Where did Columbus make landfall?
Why was a line drawn in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
Step 16: Click the button, Bookmarks. Select Treaty.
Step 17: Turn on the layer, Line of Demarcation.
Step 18: Click the line and read the pop-up.
- Which country had the right to land east of the line? West of the line?
Step 19: Turn on the layer, Early Exploration Routes, 1493-1524.
Step 20: Click the button, Bookmarks. Select Race to Asia.
Step 21: Click each route and ask the following questions.
- Who was the first to reach Asia by sea? Country?
Step 22: Click the line for any Columbus’ voyages, and view the bar graph.
- What spatial patterns do you notice? Possible explanations?
Step 23: Open and read the map note off the coast of Brazil.
- Who are the Americas named after? Why?
How did these expeditions affect the world?
Step 24: Click the button, Bookmarks. Select Asia.
Step 25: Turn on the layer, Africa, and Asian Port Cities.
- What patterns do you notice?
Step 26: Click the button, Bookmark. Select the Americas.
Step 27: Turn on the layer, European Claims, 1700.
- Which countries had claims in the Americas by 1700?
- What other ways will European impact the Americas, Africa, and Asia?