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Seventh Grade Social Studies
North American Countries and Landforms Map Project

The following information will be labeled on the North American Map. All Maps are to be drawn free-hand, (Tracing a map will be considered cheating and traced maps will receive no credit.) All maps must have color. Neatness is one of the main grading points, a sloppy map will receive a low grade. Maps without first and last names along with hour and date in the upper right hand corner will receive no credit.
Countries:
The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States of America, (Iceland, Iceland is part of Europe, but we use it to show location)
States and Territories:
Alaska, Hawaii, Greenland
Bodies of Water:
Oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific
Bays: Hudson, James
Gulfs: Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of California
Rivers: Mississippi, St. Lawrence
Lakes: Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior
Mountains:
Rocky, Appalachian, and Mt. McKinley
Lines of Latitude and Longitude:


The Tropic of Cancer, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, 120, 135, 150, and 165 degrees of west longitude, along with 15, 30, 45, 60, and 75 degrees of north latitude





Seventh Grade Social Studies
Asian Map Project

The following information will be labeled on the Asian Map. All maps are to be drawn free hand. (Traced maps will receive no credit.) All maps must have color showing the countries' boarders. Label your maps with both number and name. You may abbreviate names' where there is little room for labeling. Your map must have you first and last name, hour and date on the front of the paper in the top right hand corner.

How will you be grading your map?

Points

_____ labeling the countries

_____ the right shape and size

_____ putting things in the right latitudes and longitudes

_____ color

_____ neatness

_____ total of 100 points


Please list and number all the items that you will be labeling on your map of Asia. Put them in groups. One group should be countries, another should be bodies of water, another landforms and another could be cities. Use page A17 of your textbook as a reference. Label all items on the blank map that you are given before you start drawing your map.
You Must Turn This Sheet In With Your Map!





Seventh Grade Social Studies
South America Map Project

The following information will be labeled on the South America Map. All maps are to drawn free hand. (Tracing the map will be considered cheating and traced maps will receive no credit.) All maps must have color. Neatness is one of the main grading points. Maps without first and last names along with hour and date on the front of the map in the top right hand corner will receive no credit.

Countries:
Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia

Bodies of Water:
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Rio de la Plata, Amazon River Delta, Caribbean, Strait of Magellan, Amazon River, Orinoco River, Parana River, Lake Poopo, Lake Titicaca

Mountains:
Andes, Mt. Aconcagua, Brazilian Highlands

Other Landforms:
Gran Chaco, Pampas, Amazon Basin, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn



Seventh Grade Social Studies
Africa Map Project

The following information will be labeled on the African Map. All maps are to be drawn free hand. (Tracing the map will be considered cheating and traced maps will receive no credit.) All maps must have color. The color must show the boarders between countries. Neatness is one of the main grading points. Watch how you color, don't be sloppy. Label your maps neatly with both the number and the name from the list below. Maps without first and last names on the top, front, right hand corner of the map will receive no credit. You may abbreviate some countries names' where there is little room for labeling.

Points:
30 points for labeling the countries
20 points for getting the shape and size right
20 points for put the continent in the correct latitudes and longitudes
30 for neatness

Countries:
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Gabon, Liberia


There are many more countries that you may label.




Seventh Grade Social Studies Student Maps
European Map Project

The following information will be labeled on the European Map. All maps are to be drawn free hand. (Tracing the map will be considered cheating and traced maps will receive no credit.) All maps must have color. The color must show the boarders between countries. Neatness is one of the main grading points. Watch how you color, don't be sloppy. Label your maps neatly with both the number and the name from the list below. Maps without first and last names on the top, front, right hand corner of the map will receive no credit. You may abbreviate some countries names' where there is little room for labeling.

Points:
45 points for labeling the countries, bodies of water and capital cities
20 points for getting the shape right
15 points for put the continent in the correct latitudes and longitudes
20 for neatness

Countries:


United Kingdom 2. Ireland 3. Portugal 4. Spain 5. France 6. Belgium 7. Netherlands 8. Denmark 9. Norway 10. Sweden 11. Finland 12. Russia 13. Estonia 14. Latvia 15. Lithuania 16. Belarus 17. Poland 18. Ukraine 19. Slovakia 20. Czech Republic 21. Luxembourg 22. Austria 23. Hungary 24. Slovenia 25. Italy 26. Croatia 27. Bosnia 28. Yugoslavia 29. Romania 30. Bulgaria 31. Albania 32. Greece 33. Iceland

Bodies of Water:
34. Atlantic Ocean 35. North Sea 36. Mediterranean Sea

Capital Cities:
37. Athens 38. Madrid 39. Lisbon 40. Paris 41. Brussels 42. Berlin 43. London 44. Dublin 45. Rome





Seventh Grade Social Studies
Australia Map Project

The following information will be labeled on the Australia Map. All maps are to be drawn free hand. (Tracing the map will be considered cheating and traced maps will receive no credit.) All maps must have color. The color must show the elevation of the country. Neatness is one of the main grading points. Watch how you color, don't be sloppy. Label your maps neatly. Maps without first and last names on the top, front, right hand corner of the map will receive no credit. You may abbreviate some countries names' where there is little room for labeling.

Points:
31 points for labeling the countries
15 points for getting the shape and size right
5 points for a key and compass rose
10 for neatness

States:
Western Australia, Northern Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania

Cities:
Perth, Darwin, Alice Springs, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart

Landforms:
Australian Outback, Great Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, MacDonnell Range, Lake Eyre, Great Barrier Reef, Great Artesian Basin, Darling River, Murray River

Oceans and Seas:
Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea


These are the minimum number of places to label, you can label many more items just be neat about it.