1. AFRICA PHYSICAL MAP RUBRIC
Sources: Textbook maps, pages A17, 147, 158, slide that shows Sahel
A. General
B. Water Bodies
F. Other
2 ½ cm border on right and left sides
5 cm border at top and bottom
Ghana: draw outline of the area and label it.
Color the outline.
Gulf of Guinea: name with
three colored wavy lines
Name, date, period
Mali: draw outline of the area and label it.
Color the outline.
C. Rivers
Title: AFRICA PHYSICAL MAP
(all capital letters)
Niger River: colored line and name
Timbuktu: mark and label the town. Also, label
it as a place to study Islam and Arabic.
Nile River : colored line and name
Equator: colored solid line with
name and
Congo River: colored line and name
Show the gold/salt trade with symbols.
Prime Meridian: colored solid line
with name and
Zambezi River: colored line and name
Show the spread of Islam from the area of
Egypt, west through North Africa; then south to
the West African kingdoms. Make colored arrow
and label it “Expansion of Islam to show this event.
D. Mountains
Tropic of Cancer: colored dashed line
with name
Atlas: colored triangle shapes
and name
Tropic of Capricorn : colored dashed line
with name
Drakensberg: colored triangle shapes
and name
Draw the outline of the Sahel. Label and color
the outline. (See teacher’s map.)
Draw the outline of the African
continent. Color the outline.
E. Deserts
colored compass
Namib Desert: colored symbol
and name
Write “Not to Scale” next to the
compass.
Kalahari Desert: colored symbol
and name
Sahara Desert: colored symbol
and name