Mapping the Middle East
(Use an outline map given by your teacher or find one online.)
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1. Put your full name and div. no. in the top right-hand corner
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2. Notice features on your map
                a. coastline
                b. rivers and inland bodies of water
                c. political boundaries between countries
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3. Outline the areas  before colouring (atlas or text p. 108)
                a. mountainous areas brown
                b. desert areas yellow
                c. all other land green
                d. all water blue
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4. Colour
                a. left to right orientation
                b. appropriate colour choice
                c. medium weight
                d. even weight
                e. pencil crayons
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5. Label lightly in pencil (atlas or text: p. 108)
                a. seas: Arabian, Black, Caspian, Mediterranean, Red
                 b. gulfs: Aden, Persian
                c. rivers: Euphrates, Nile, Tigris
                d. mountains: Elburz, Taurus, Tiharah, Zagros
                e. deserts: Sahara, Syrian, Arabian
                f. countries: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Â
Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Yemen
6. Print in ink
                a. pen or fine-liner
                b. small and perfectly even in size
                c. perfect spelling
                d. left to right unless confusing
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