1. Map Instructions Color neatly and smoothly with colored map pencils
Never abbreviate – Right: TEXAS Wrong: TX
Draw and label a compass rose in lower left-hand corner
Print YOUR NAME and MAP TITLE in upper right-hand corner
Place a legend or key in lower right-hand corner
Blue is for coloring water only
Print all words
Label all items in pencil and then go over with fine black felt tip
Draw guidelines, if needed, with light pencil to help label horizontally
Names of COUNTRIES, STATES, and CONTINENTS are to be labeled in all capital letters
Names of cities begin with first letter capital and others lowercase EX. Spring
Natural or physical features are written in all capital letters and fully labeled. No abbreviations. Ex. RIO GRANDE RIVER