Early River Valley Civilizations

EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS

MAKING A MAP. Because maps present important information about our world, they should be easy to read. Make this map of early civilizations neat and accurate by working slowly and carefully. Use page 46 to help.

A. NAMING. Locate and spell names accurately in pencil. Then darken them with a fine-point marker. Print the names below on the map in the blanks corresponding to their numbers. Print the names just as they are here, paying close attention to capital letters.

1. EARLY RIVER VALLEY 7. HUANG RIVER CIVILIZATION (ALSO CALLED YELLOW RIVER)

2. ASIA 8. INDUS RIVER

3. EUROPE 9. NILE RIVER

4. ARABIA 10. Chinese c. 1700 B.C.

5. CHINA 11. Egyptian c. 3100 B.C.

6. INDIA 12. Indian c. 2500 B.C.

13. Mesopotamian c. 3500 B.C.

Names cannot always be put on maps directly at the locations they identify because space is limited. Symbols explained in a key solve this problem. Print the names below in the key beside their corresponding letters.

A. TIGRIS RIVER B. EUPHRATES RIVER

B. COLORING. Color the map by shading lightly with colored pencils. Here are suggestions: red or other bright color – areas within dotted lines; brown or green – remainder of the land area; blue – water of seas and oceans. Darken boundaries to make the map look sharp.

C. Place a compass rose in the lower left hand corner.