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