Name: _____________________________
Date: ________________________
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Seventh Grade Social Studies
Rice/ LaBrache
Early Ancient Rome
Geography Map Labeling
Directions:
Using the maps on pages 398 and 413 in Message of Ancient Days & page 340 in HISTORY
ALIVE! locate the following places. Then, place the names of the locations on the blank map
that has been provided for you.
1) Shade in the bodies of water in LIGHT BLUE color.
2) Shade over the rivers in DARK BLUE color.
3) Label the following list of places using all capital letters:
AFRICA
CORSICA
LATIUM (outline area in green)
ETRURIA (outline area in orange)
SARDINIA
SICILY
4) Label the following cities next to the appropriate dot:
Cumae
Syracuse
Tarentum
Rome
Carthage
Zama
Veii
Messina
Cannae
5) Write down the names of the three seas in the correct areas:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
6) Label the following rivers:
Tiber River
Po River
7) Label the mountain ranges in the correct areas. Place the name on the map, and then use
the symbol for mountain range (^^^^^^) to show the extent of the range:
The Alps
The Apennine Mtns.
8) Create a compass rose, showing the four cardinal directions.
9) Create a key/legend to show the readers of your map what the different colors are meant
to identify.