• Title the map: A world transformed in the 16th century.

• Write the names of the oceans.

• Write the names of the continents, of India and China.
• (p. 135) Label the Strait of Magellan and the Cape of Good Hope.
• (p. 135) Label and date the voyages.
• (p. 141) Color Spain and its territories. Label New Spain and New Castile.
• (p. 141) Color Portugal and its territories. Label Cape Verde, Brazil,
Mozambique, Angola, Goa, Macao, Moluccas (Moluques in French).
• (p. 141) Draw a line for the Treaty of Tordesillas (in the West). Label and
date it.
• (p. 141) Draw a line for the Treaty of Zaragoza (in the East). Label and
date it (1529).
• (p. 141) Label the Spanish hemisphere (x2) and the Portuguese
hemisphere.
• (p. 142) Color the Ottoman Empire.
Answer the following questions about the map
in full sentences (under the title first observations)
1. What region of the world have you been studying in history so far?
2. What changed for Europeans at the end of the 15th century?
3. Where did the explorers come from?
4. According to the map, what powers dominated the world in the
16th century? Justify your answer.
5. When was the first voyage? Where did the explorer leave from?
6. What else happened the year of the first voyage? (see chapter 3) In
your opinion, why is that significant?
Copy this timeline:
Label the map at the bottom of your
vocabulary list (p. 133)
1. Write the names of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ocean.
2. Start filling your key with what red and green represent on the map.
3. Draw the borders of the Holy Roman Empire in red.
4. Label the Kingdom of France.
5. Color Soliman’s conquests in North Africa, the Middle East and Eastern
Europe in light green.
6. Label the Battle of Mohacs and the Siege of Vienna.
7. Draw the sea routes in blue.
8. Title your map: Suleiman and Charles V’s possessions in the 16th century.