Geography Homework

Map Assignment (40 points)

Using the maps on the following pages, locate, label and color-code the landmarks listed below. Label the cities, indicated by a dot !. Mark the mountains with ^^^ and the volcanoes with a triangle (Δ). Make sure to include a key for the symbols and colors you use, making similar features (e.g. mountains, bodies of water) the same color. Be sure to include a title, date of map and compass on the first map. Scan your maps and save them in .jpg or .pdf format. Then submit them by uploading them through the course. Study your maps before taking the map quiz.

Check off each item as you place it on your map to be sure you have not missed any items. Check spelling carefully.

• Italy • Sicily • Sardinia • Corsica • Magna Graecia • The Alps • The Apennines • Mt. Vesuvius (an active volcano) • Mt. Etna (an active volcano) • Britannia (modern England) • Hispania (modern Spain & Portugal)

• Gaul (modern France) • Asia Minor • Graecia (modern Greece) • Egypt • Rome (city) • Brundisium (city) • Carthage (city) • Byzantium (city) • Jerusalem (city)

• Mediterranean Sea • Adriatic Sea • Aegean Sea • Black Sea • Red Sea • Nile River • Title • Date of Map • Compass • Key

Scoring Guide - 40 points possible

Points Received

Points Possible

26 Content: accuracy of landmarks 10 Visual Appeal 4 Map Elements: title, date of map, compass, key

Exceeds Expectations Proficient Partially Proficient Unsatisfactory Content (26 points)

All landmarks are carefully and accurately placed.

All landmarks are included and most are carefully and accurately placed.

All but one or two landmarks are included, several are out of place.

Several landmarks are not included and many are not accurately and carefully placed.

Visual Appeal (10 points)

Maps are colorful and clean. All labels are legible and easily read.

Maps have some color. A few labels are not easily read.

Maps do not use much color and labels are difficult to read.

Maps have no color and no labels are legible.

Map Elements (4 points)

Map includes a title, date of map, compass, and key. All relate specifically to the map.

Map includes all but one of the key map elements. Most are accurate and appropriate for the map.

Map is missing several of the key map elements.

Map is missing most or all of the key map elements.

Map of Italy