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ANCIENT EGYPT MAP
#____________ Name ________________________ Ancient Egypt Map: Instructions This map shows an outline of ancient Egypt. Use the maps in your textbook on pages 33, 35, 43, 55, 69, 79, 97, 256, and 257 to learn more about his country. Label the map with the names listed below. Your map also needs to be colored as indicated. Use colored pencils only – NO MARKERS! Print in small, neat letters. Work neatly. Points will be deducted for neatness and conventions. This graded assignment is due _____________________________________ PART I – Bodies of Water: Label everything and COLOR large bodies of water light blue. Trace rivers in light blue. • Tigris River (pg 33, 35, 43, 69, 97) • Blue Nile (pg 257) • Euphrates River (pg 33, 35, 43, 69, 79, 97) • Mediterranean Sea (pg 43, 55, 69, 79, 97) • Nile River (pg 33, 43, 69, 97) • Red Sea (pg 33, 43, 69, 79, 97)
• White Nile (pg 257) PART II – Areas of Land: Marked with an arrow on the map. Label everything and COLOR only those areas marked. • Lower Egypt – label only/no color (pg 69, 79, 97) • Upper Egypt – label only/no color (pg 69, 79, 97) • Lower Nubia – label only/no color (pg 69) • Upper Nubia – label only/no color (pg 69) • delta – label and color medium/dark green (pg 33) • Egyptian farmland areas – label farmland and color light green (pg 69) • Sahara Desert – label and color tan (pg 69, 79) • Syrian Desert – label and color tan (pg 33, 35, 55) • Eastern Desert – label and color tan (pg 69) • Arabian Peninsula – label only/no color (pg 33, 35, 69, 79) • Sinai Peninsula – label only/no color (pg 33, 55) • Fertile Crescent – label and color light green (pg 33) PART III – Cities: Marked with a black dot within a small circle on the map. LABEL ONLY. DO NOT COLOR! • Giza (pg 69, 97) • Aswan (pg 69. 79) • Napata (pg 69, 79, 97) • Babylon (pg 43, 69, 97) • Tyre (pg 79, 97) • Memphis (pg 43, 69, 79, 97) • Thebes (pg 69, 79, 97) • Jerusalem (pg 43, 55, 69, 79, 97)
MAP CHECK LIST Make sure you have all of the following labeled (spelled correctly) on your map. Tigris River Euphrates River Nile River While Nile Blue Nile Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Lower Egypt Upper Egypt Lower Nubia Giza Upper Nubia Napata Delta Tyre Egyptian farmland areas Thebes Sahara Desert Aswan Syrian Desert Babylon Eastern Desert Memphis Arabian Peninsula Jerusalem Sinai Peninsula Fertile Crescent
Is everything spelled correctly? Did you color all the bodies of water light blue? Did you trace the rivers light blue? Did you color the deserts tan? Did you color the farmlands light green? Did you color the Fertile Crescent light green? Did you color the delta medium/dark green? Did you do your neatest work? Did you ask for help if you need it?