Unit Ii - Map The River Valley Civilizations

Name: ________________________________________________ Period: ________ Date:___________ Unit II: the River Valleys Maps of the River Valley Civilizations Map 1: the Ancient Near East Directions: Study the map on pages 38 and 46 of your textbook. Follow these steps to complete Map 1: the Ancient Near East. 1. In the upper left corner of your map draw a compass rose in blue or black pen and identify the directions of north, south, east, and west. 2. The latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 4 degree intervals. Label these on the west and north sides of the map. 3. Label each of the following bodies of water in blue or black pen in flowing script. Shade these waters light blue: Black Sea Caspian Sea

Dead Sea Mediterranean Sea

Persian Gulf Red Sea

4. Trace over the following rivers in blue and label them in blue or black pen: Euphrates River Nile River Jordan River Tigris River 5. Trace the ancient shoreline of the Persian Gulf (shown by a dotted line) and label it in blue or black pen. 6. Label the following lands IN SMALL ALL CAPITAL LETTERS: LOWER EGYPT MESOPOTAMIA UPPER EGYPT 7. Label and underline the following cities: Babylon Nineveh Giza Sidon Jerusalem Thebes

Tyre Ur

8. Shade the Fertile Crescent green. 9. Shade the Nile River Valley yellow.

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Map 2: Ancient India Directions: Study the map on pages 72, 73, 74, and 82 of your textbook. Follow these steps to complete Map 2: Ancient India. 1. In the upper left corner of your map draw a compass rose in blue or black pen and identify the directions of north, south, east, and west. 2. The latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 5 degree intervals. Label these on the west and north sides of the map. 3. Label each of the following bodies of water in blue or black pen in flowing script. Shade these waters light blue: Arabian Sea

Bay of Bengal

Indian Ocean

4. Trace over the following rivers in blue and label them in blue or black pen: Ganges River Indus River 5. In UNDERLINED SMALL ALL CAPITAL LETTERS label the HIMALAYA Mountains in blue or black pen. In brown, make wavy brown lines over this mountain chain. 6. Label and underline the following cities: Harappa Mohenjo-Daro

Pataliputra

7. Shade the area of the Mauryan Empire under Asoka in 250 BC orange.

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Map 3: Ancient China Directions: Study the map on pages 89, 92, 100, and 101 of your textbook. Follow these steps to complete Map 3: Ancient China. 1. In the upper left corner of your map draw a compass rose in blue or black pen and identify the directions of north, south, east, and west. 2. The latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 10 degree intervals. Label these on the west and south sides of the map. 3. Label each of the following bodies of water in blue or black pen in flowing script. Light shade these waters blue: Bay of Bengal Sea of Japan Yellow Sea East China Sea South China Sea 4. Trace over the following rivers in blue and label them in blue or black pen: Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) Wei He Huang He (Yellow River) Xi Jiang 5. Label and underline the following cities: Xian

Luoyang

6. In UNDERLINED SMALL ALL CAPITAL LETTERS label the HIMALAYA Mountains in blue or black pen. In brown, make wavy brown lines over this mountain chain. 7. In SMALL ALL CAPITAL LETTERS label the following areas: GOBI TIBET 8. In dark red, draw the Great Wall in the Qin period and label it with a blue or black pen. 9. Shade the area of the Qin Empire, 221-206 BC light red.

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Period:

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Unit II: the River Valleys Map 1: the Ancient Near East

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Map 2: Ancient India

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Map 3: Ancient China

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