Download WHAP CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS MAP INSTRUCTIONS

WHAP CLASSICAL CIVILIZATIONS MAP INSTRUCTIONS Directions: Follow the instructions below to complete your blank maps for the classical civilizations unit. MAP 1: CLASSICAL GREECE ● Step One: Draw (with arrows) the migration of Indo­Europeans into Greece. ● Step Two: Label the following physical features: Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Crete, Peloponnesus, Ionian Sea, Anatolia, Rhodes ● Step Three: Shade the Greek homeland (the territory that was considered Ancient Greece) ● Step Four: Label the following political features: Sparta, Athens, Thebes, Delphi, Troy, Persian Empire MAP 2: GREEK EMPIRE ● Step One: Label the following physical features: Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Nile River, Aegean Sea, Hindu Kush Mountains ● Step Two: Shade the extent of the Greek Empire (Alexander’s Empire) ● Step Three: Label the following political features: Macedonia, Alexandria, Babylon, Persepolis, Bactria, India MAP 3: PERSIAN EMPIRE ● Step One: Draw (with arrows) the migration of Indo­Europeans into Persia. ● Step Two: Label the following physical features: Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Nile River, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Crete, Rhodes, Anatolia ● Step Three: Shade the extent of the Persian Empire. ● Step Four: Label the following political features: Persepolis, Babylon, Egypt ● Step Five: Draw and label the Royal Road. MAP 4: ROMAN EMPIRE ● Step One: Draw (with arrows) the migration of Indo­Europeans into the area that would become the Roman Empire. ● Step Two: Label the following physical features: Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Black Sea, North Sea, Red Sea, Nile River, Po River, Iberian Peninsula, Anatolia, Crete, Sicily, Sardinia ● Step Three: Shade the extent of the Roman Empire. ● Step Four: Label the following political features: Britain, Gaul, Italy, Spain, Rome, Egypt, Alexandria, Memphis, Carthage ● Step Five: Draw (with arrows) the invasions of Germanic tribes (barbarians) into the Roman Empire. MAP 5: INDIA ● Step One: Draw (with arrows) the migration of Aryan people into the Indian subcontinent. ● Step Two: Label the following physical features: Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Himalayas, Hindu Kush Mountains, Khyber Pass, Ganges River, Brahmaputra River ● Step Three: Shade the extent of EACH of the following civilizations: (a) Indus River Valley (b) Mauryan Empire (c) Gupta Empire MAP 6: CHINA ● Step One: Label the following physical features: East China Sea, South China Sea, Yellow Sea, Plateau of Tibet, Himalayas, Gobi Desert, Taklimakan Desert ● Step Two: Shade the extent of EACH of the following dynasties: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han ● Step Three: Draw and label the Great Wall of China. MAP 7: AFRICA ● Step One: Label the following physical features: Sahara Desert, Congo Rainforest, Nile River, Niger River, Ethiopian Highlands, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Lake Victoria ● Step Two: Draw and label Bantu migrations. ● Step Three: Shade and label the following civilizations: Nubia, Kush, Meroe, Niger River Valley Civilization, Axum MAP 8: THE AMERICAS ● Step One: Label the following physical features: Rocky Mountains, Andes Mountains, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Amazon Rainforest, Mississippi River, Amazon River ● Step Three: Shade and label the following civilizations: Maya, Chavin, Hopewell, Moche, Teotihuacan, Tiwanaku, Wari, Chaco, Cahokia, Pueblo