Period 4 Map 1450-1750
Period 4 is about the global interactions of cultures and peoples, globalization of this period will involve the
complex intersections of competing world interests. To reflect this in your world map you will be required to:
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Find and label a specific list of cities/cultural centers
Find and label specific geographic locations
Shade and label specific areas of control or domination
Shade and label the land claims of exploration/globalization of European powers into the Americas &
Asia/Oceania
Draw the approximate exploration Routes of specific European Interests
Label key geographic reference points such as the oceans and major seas
Be careful to not label the names of countries or cities which do not emerge until much later time periods.
Required Cities/Cultural
Centers:
Required areas of Control &
Domination – Land Empires:
European land claims
(Asia/Oceania):
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Calicut
Benin
Kongo
Cuzco
Cape Town
Zanzibar
Gold Coast
Timbuktu
London
Constantinople
Lisbon
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Malacca
Beijing
Kyoto
Batavia (modern day
Jakarta)
Agra
Wittenberg
Djenne
Isfahan
Delhi
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Ottoman Empire by 1683
Protestant regions in Europe
by 1600
Roman Catholic regions in
Europe by 1600
Eastern Orthodox (Eurasia) by
1600
Ming Empire
Manchu
Mughals
Safavid
Dahomey
Russia
Required Geographic Locations:
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Cape of Good Hope
Cape Horn
Bahamas Islands
Madagascar
Australia
Philippine Islands
Roanoke Island
European land claims
(Americas) – Maritime Empires:
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English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Dutch
British
Spanish (c.1565)
French
Dutch (1620s)
Exploration Routes
(approximate):
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Spanish
Portuguese
Dutch
Chinese
Trade Routes (approximate):
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Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
African Continent
Asian Sea Trading Network
Trans Saharan/ East Africa/
Red Sea Slave Routes