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Chapter 4 Map Activity:
Civilizations of Mesopotamia
Directions:
Follow the numbered steps below to label the map on the back of the page using PEN (please, NO
pencils!). Use pgs. 74, 75, 78, 89, 90, RA 16 and RA 17 in your textbook to guide you. You will be
graded on your ability to: follow directions, label the map correctly, and complete this activity as neatly as
possible. Put a check mark next to each step as you complete it!
1. Draw a compass rose in the upper right corner of the page using BLUE or BLA CK
PEN and identify the directions of: (N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW).
2. Label each of the following bodies of water BLUE or BLA CK PEN. Shade these
waters light blue. You will need to use your reference atlas to find a couple of these:
Dead Sea
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
3. Trace and/or draw in the following rivers in blue. Label them in blue or blac k
pen:
Euphrates River
Jordan River
Nile River
Tigris River
4. Label the following lands in SMALL, A LL CAPITA L LET TERS:
MESOPOTA MIA
AFRICA
ARABIAN DESERT
EGYPT
ASIA MINOR
SYRIAN DESERT
ASIA
SINAI PENINSULA
NILE DELTA
5. Label and underline the following cities:
Babylon
Jerusalem
Nineveh
Ur
6. Shade the Fertile Crescent green .
7. Shade the Nile River Valley yellow .
Tyre
Thebes
Giza
Memphis