Social Studies 8Mr. Bausback
Geography & Mapping- World Historical Map Assignment
Name:______Block/Date:______
Instructions:For this activity, you will complete a Historical Map of the World as it appeared in between roughly the 1st and 18th century(1000-1700's). On your map, you will draw in, label, and colour such relief as:
I. Imaginary Lines
II. Continents
III. Physical Features
IV. Historic Cities
V. Empires & Dynasties
VI. Trading Routes & Explorers
You will use the Canadian Oxford School Atlas, Thinking about our Heritage and your text Across the Centuries as sources of information for this activity. Your map should be neatly and accurately labelled, coloured, titled, and possess a legend with symbols. Symbols should be used where possible and for such relief as cities, trade routes and goods, landmarks, and areas where reliefs may overlap. Dates that are given must also appear on the map legend. In areas where there may be considerable overlap, the surrounding areas including bodies of water and continents may be used in conjunction with lines and arrows to label areas. WARNING: Europe, the Middle East, and South East Asia will be congested – so be both careful an creative when labelling! In completing your map, you should refer to the provided Map Guidelines handout for map-making suggestions.
Your map will be marked out of:
/100
(Features/60 & Labelling/Neatness/Appearance /40)
Your map will be due:______
Map Guidelines:
1. Ligtly draw a line ( with ruler, using pencil)2. Label lightly with pencil
3. Check and correct errors
4. Go over with a fine liner (or ink)
5. Erase remaining pencil marks (when dry)
6. Start small then work large (label cities then provinces; label lakes then oceans)
7. Label horizontally(except rivers and roads) / 8. Rivers an roads labelled along their course
9. Start or end cities at their “point”
10. Do not use blue for land; do not use the same colour if the regions share a border.
11. All maps can be coloured using just 4 colours
12. BE PRECISE & BE NEAT!
I. Imaginary Lines:
- Equator
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricorn
- The Arctic Circle
- The Antarctic Circle
- The International Date Line
- The Prime Meridian
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Western Hemisphere
II. Continents:
- Asia
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Antarctica
- Europe
- Australia
III. Physical Features:
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Mediterranean Sea
- Baltic Sea
- North Sea
- Adriatic Sea
- Tyranean Sea
- Aegean Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Sea of Japan
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Black Sea
- East China Sea
- South China Sea
- Yellow Sea
- Himalayan Mountains
- Pyrenees Mountains
- Zagreb Mountains
- Caucasus Mountains
- Atlas Mountains
- Alps Mountains
- Sahara Desert
- Kalahari Desert
- Gobi Desert
- Arabia Desert
- Tigress River
- Euphrates River
- Seine River
- Strait of Gibraltar
- Bay of Bengal
- Nile River
- Ganges River
- Congo Basin
- European Plain
- Plateau of Tibet
- Iberian Peninsula
- Cape Verde Islands
- Island of Crete
- Island of Corsica
- British Isles
- Balkan Peninsula
- Danube River
- Rhone River
- Tagus River
IV. Historic Cities:
- London
- Canterbury
- Paris
- Lyon
- Cologne
- Rome
- Florence
- Zama
- Carthage
- Alexandria
- Jerusalem
- Nazareth
- Mecca
- Medina
- Cairo
- Madras
- Bombay
- Malacca
- Athens
- Constantinople
- Venice
V. Empires & Dynasties:
- Rome(1000AD)
- Holy Roman Empire(post 1000 AD)
- Frankish Kingdom
- Saxony
- Carolingian Kingdom
- Kingdom Naples
- Kingdom Valencia
- Gupta Empire(647 AD)
- Qin Dynasty (221-210 BCE)
- Ming Dynasty (1369-1644 AD)
- Byzantine Empire
- Mongol Empire
- Inca (1525)
- Aztec(1519)
VI. Trading Routes & Explorers:
- Silk Road
- Renaissance Trade Route
- Vikings
- Dias (1488)
- Columbus (1492-98)
- Magellan (1522)
- Cabot (1497-98)
- Da Gamma (1497)
- Drake (1577-80)
The end!