Honors U.S. History
“Exploration and Settlement - Map Study”
Mr. Fernandez
Map #11: “Spain and Portugal in the Americas”
1. Using your text or a reference map, locate and label the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Brazil
Viceroyalty of Peru
e.
f.
g.
h.
Pacific Ocean
West Indies
Viceroyalty of New Spain
Line of Demarcation
2. Identify areas controlled by Spain and those controlled by Portugal using shading, patterns or
colors. Create a key in the blank box provided on the map. Also, locate and label the following:
a. St. Augustine
b. Lima
c. Bahia
d. Mexico City
e. Valparaiso
3. Critical Thinking: Reviewing a map of South America, explain why Spanish and Portuguese
settlements tended to remain near the coastal areas.
Map #12: “The French Explore North America”
1. Using your text or a reference map, locate and label the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence River
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Louisiana
English Colonies
i.
j.
k.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Champlain
Nova Scotia
Florida
Missouri River
New France
2. Locate and label the following:
a. Quebec
b. Montreal
c. New Orleans
d. Port Royal
e. Fort Detroit
3. Create a key in the box provided, using different shades, colors, or patterns, to identify the
paths of exploration for:
a. Champlain (1608)
b. Marquette and Joliet (1673)
c. LaSalle (1682)
d. Which explorer navigated the
Mississippi River?
e. …the Missouri River?
4. Critical Thinking: Why do you think the cities of Quebec, Montreal, Fort Detroit, and New
Orleans have survived to present times?
Map #13: “New Netherland and New Sweden”
1. Using your text or a reference map, locate and label the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Hudson River
New Amsterdam
Fort Christina
Delaware Bay
e.
f.
g.
h.
Delaware River
Fort Orange
Long Island
Breuckelen
2. Create a key in the box provided, using different shades, colors, or patterns, to identify:
a. The area of New Netherland
b. The area of New Sweden
3. Critical Thinking:
a. What geographic factors make the locations of New Netherland and New Sweden
suitable for settlement?
Map #14: “The First English Settlements”
1. Using your text or a reference map, locate and label the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Appalachian Mountains
Cape Cod
Chesapeake Bay
Hudson River
James River
f.
g.
h.
i.
Virginia
Delaware River
Potomac River
Roanoke River
2. Locate and label with a symbol the colonies of Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth.
3. Create a key in the box provided, using different shades, patterns, or colors to identify the areas
where the following Indians lived:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Wampanoag
Susquehanna
Tuscarora
Delaware
e.
f.
g.
h.
Narraganset
Powhatan
Iroquois
Delaware
4. Critical Thinking: Imagine that you obtained a charter to create a colony in America. Where
would it be located? Explain in a paragraph, considering geographic features, natural resources,
and tribes of Native Americans in the region.