1. Southwest Asia Map Rubric
A blank sheet of 81/2 x 11 inch paper and a unlabeled base map are given to the student to draw a map of Southwest Asia. A reading assignment is done to prepare to do the work. From that reading, there are underlined words that represent physical features to place on the map. Students use map sources to label their own maps with a pencil. Sources could be textbook maps (such as pages A13, A15, A 20, A27, 81, 87) and the internet.
Name, period, date started
(upper right-hand corner of map)
E. Rivers
Write the names along the lines.
I. Cities
Mark the location with a dot and name.
(1pt) Tigris
(1 pt) Constantinople
A. Map Outline
(3 pts) Draw Southwest Asia
(1 pt) Euphrates
(1 pt) Damascus
(1 pt) Baghdad
Place the dot along the Tigris River.
B. An Open Corner of the Map
F. Deserts (Draw a symbol for desert.
A suggestion is “dots for sand.” Write the
names next to the symbols. Use the Tropic
of Cancer line as a reference to correctly place
the symbols.
(1 pt) Title: “Southwest Asia”
(1 pt) Medina
(1 pt) Draw a compass below the title.
(1 pt) Mecca
(1 pt) Write “Not to scale” below the compass.
(1 pt) Rub Al Khali (name and symbol)
J. Regions (name only)
(1 pt) An-Nafud (name and symbol)
C. Grid Lines
(1 pt) Egypt
(1 pt) Draw and label the Tropic of Cancer
(dashed line).
G. Mountains
Draw overlapping triangles for the symbol.
Write the name next to the symbol.
(1 pt) Persia
(1 pt) Asia Minor (Anatolia)
D. Water Bodies (around the Peninsula)
Write the name in the correct space.
(1 pt) Caucasus
K. Legend (Meaning of symbols)
(1 pt) Tuwaiq
(1 pt) mountains
(1 pt) Black Sea
(1 pt) rivers
(1 pt) Aegean Sea
H. Winds
Draw an arrow for wind direction. Write the name
next to the arrow.
(1 pt) Mediterranean Sea
(1 pt) deserts
(1 pt) Read Sea
(1 pt) winds
(1 pt) Shamal
The wind direction is from the northwest.
(1 pt) Arabian Sea
(1 pt) Sharqi
The wind direction is from the southeast.
(1 pt) Persian Gulf
Total Points = 34 points
(1 pt) Caspian Sea