United States Map Project CAREFULLY READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!

U.S. MAP PART 1 BEFORE CUTTING, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Use colored pencils to color the states. Color the states the color indicated on the bottom of each sheet. Color lightly so that all marks will show through. Staying within the lines is not necessary because states will be cut out. (Note: On Maryland and Virginia, area enclosed by dotted lines is water and should be colored blue.)

2. Type or print all state capitals. (Location shown on each state.) If there is not room to put on the capitals of small states, you may leave them until the map is mounted. U.S. MAP PART II NOW CUT OUT THE STATES AND DO THE FOLLOWING:

3. Mount the states on the blue background paper you will be given, as neatly as possible. Place Alaska and Hawaii in appropriate positions on the left side. When mounting, press states into place with a tissue or clean cloth to keep from smearing the colors. IMPORTANT!! PLAN PACEMENT OF ALL STATES CAREFULLY BEFORE MOUNTING THE FIRST STATE. 4. Mark political boundaries with a black marker.

5. Indicate and label the names of the following cities. You may use your Social Studies book as a reference. Anchorage, Alaska Dallas, Texas Gary, Indiana Hilo, Hawaii Tulsa, Oklahoma Detroit, Michigan Seattle, Washington Wichita, Kansas Louisville, Kentucky Portland, Oregon North Platte, Nebraska Cincinnati, Ohio Los Angeles, California Rapid City, South Dakota Chattanooga, Tennessee Las Vegas, Nevada Fargo, North Dakota Biloxi, Mississippi Tucson, Arizona Minneapolis, Minnesota Birmingham, Alabama Provo, Utah Sioux City, Iowa Miami, Florida Pocatello, Idaho St. Louis, Missouri Charleston, South Carolina Billings, Montana New Orleans, Louisiana Savannah, Georgia Casper, Wyoming Green Bay, Wisconsin Roanoke, Virginia Colorado Springs, Colorado Chicago, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Albuquerque, New Mexico New York City, New York 6. Indicate and label any other special places: birthplace, favorite vacation spot, cities you have lived in, etc.

7. Indicate and label the location of the following National Parks:

Yellowstone National Park Glacier National Park Grand Canyon National Park Everglades National Park Yosemite National Park Petrified Forest National Park Bryce Canyon National Park Zion National Park Haleakala National Park Mt. Rainier National Park Grand Teton National Park Acadia National Park Carlsbad Caverns National Park

8. Draw and label the location of the following mountain ranges: Cascade Range Sierra Nevada Mountains Rocky Mountains Alaska Range Appalachian Mountains Brooks Range Coast Ranges

9. Color dark blue and label the following bodies of water: Rivers Oceans, Lakes, etc. Mississippi Atlantic Ocean Lake Ontario Missouri Pacific Ocean Lake Huron Ohio Arctic Ocean Colorado Gulf of Mexico Yukon Chesapeake Bay Hudson Bering Strait Rio Grande Great Salt Lake Columbia Lake Superior Snake Lake Michigan Lake Ontario Lake Erie

10. Label Canada and Mexico appropriately with their boundaries.

11. Indicate the standard time zones with a heavy red line between them. Label the time zone above it.

12. Design a compass rose and label the directions: North, South, East, and West.

13. Make a map legend. It must show a symbol for all physical features listed in the directions. (You may include special symbols on the legend for places indicated in #4)

14. Make an attractive border around the entire map.

15.Neatly place you NAME on the lower right corner of your map!