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Map Activity Part 1: European Exploration 1420-1542
Map 16.3 Colonial Latin America in the Eighteenth Century (p.427)
1. Label the following bodies of water:
 Pacific Ocean
 Atlantic Ocean
 Indian Ocean
 Arctic Ocean
2. Label the following continents:
 North America
 South America
 Europe
 Africa
 Asia
 Australia
3. Label and color code the empires in Africa and the Americas that existed at the time
of European expansion 1420-1542.
 Aztec Empire
 Inca Empire
 Mali
4. Label the Gold Coast. Why were the Portuguese interested in sailing to the Gold
Coast?
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5. Label and color code the routes of the Portuguese explorers.
6. Label and color code the routes of the Spanish explorers.
7. How do the routes traveled by the Spanish and Portuguese explain why the Line of
Demarcation (est. by Treaty of Tordesillas) was established where it was?
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Map Activity Part 2: Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
Map 18.1 Colonial Latin America in the Eighteenth Century (p.479)
1. Color code and label each of the following Spanish/Portuguese colonies:
 Viceroyalty of New Spain
 Viceroyalty of New Granada
 Viceroyalty of Peru
 Viceroyalty of La Plata
 Viceroyalty of Brazil
2. Name two modern countries located in each of the former colonial regions:
 Viceroyalty of New Spain _______________ _______________
 Viceroyalty of New Granada _______________ _______________
 Viceroyalty of Peru _______________ _______________
 Viceroyalty of La Plata _______________ _______________
3. What were viceroyalties? Why did the Spanish and Portuguese create them? How did
the Spanish pay for them?
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4. What crops were common to several of these colonies? What does this suggest about
much of the climate of Central and South America?
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5. Sugar cane was grown in the Americas for export to Europe. How is this evident from
the location of most sugar cane plantations?
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Map Activity Part 3: English and French Colonies in North America
Map 18.2 European Claims in North America 1755-1763 (p.494)
1. Label and color code the region of the Americas within the British Empire in 1755.
2. What geographical barrier separated the British colonies on the east coast of North
America from French Louisiana at this time?
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3. Label and color code the region of the Americas within the French Empire in 1755.
4. What was the capital of New France?
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5. What was the name of the other European country, in addition to Britain, France, and
Spain, that claimed territory in North America at this time?
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6. Look at the map of North America in 1763. In this year, the Treaty of Paris was
signed ending the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France. Based on the new
political geography of North America by 1763, which country most likely won the war?
Explain your answer
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7. How might the political and cultural geography of North America be different today if
the Seven Years’ War had a different outcome?
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