1. Wednesday October 5, 2016 Bell Work: What is an Oasis? What is a Souk?
What you need:
Pencil
Bell Work:
What is an Oasis?
What is a Souk?
¿Qué es un Oasis?
¿Qué es un Souk?
Turn in Geography of the Arabian Peninsula worksheet

2. I will be able to describe the geography of the Arabian Peninsula
Today’s Objective
I will be able to describe the geography of the Arabian Peninsula

3. The Middle East is located at the intersection between Europe, Africa, and Asia.
The Middle East is located between which three continents?
The Middle East is located between ______,______, and ______.
Africa

4. The Arabian Peninsula is mostly what kind of landscape?
The centerpiece of the Middle East is the Arabian Peninsula. It is mostly a desert that is over five times the size of California.
The Arabian Peninsula is mostly what kind of landscape?
The Arabian Peninsula is mostly a _____________.
Mediterranean
Arabian Peninsula
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Indian Ocean

5. Arabian Desert Vocabulary: Oasis- a source of water in the desert.
What is an oasis?
An oasis is ____________

6. Vocabulary: Nomad- a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home. Opposite of sedentary
Arabian Desert
What is a nomad?
A nomad is ____________

7. The next zone is the Nile River
The next zone is the Nile River. The region is mostly desert, but agriculture and cities grew in the floodplains of the Nile. It is home to the Egyptian civilization, one of the world’s first.

8. Nile River

9. The Levant [Sun] is on the Mediterranean, and has a climate similar to Ceres. It includes Israel, Lebanon, and western Syria. Also called the Holy Land because Judaism and Christianity started there, and it’s also important to Islam.

10. Levant [Holy Land] Dome of the Rock Wailing Wall
Church of the Holy Sepulchre

11. Mesopotamia is the name given the region located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. It is also home to some of the most ancient civilizations.

12. Mesopotamia

13. The Middle East is located at the intersection between Europe, Africa, and Asia.

14. Post Card Activity
You are pretending to be a caravan trader that is traveling through the Arabian Peninsula in the 500 CE. You are required to write a postcard to your friends at home that describes your experience.
Writing: Description of what you have experienced on your travels. Be creative! Imagine and describe difficulties you would be faced with in this region. Must include:
Three physical geographical features
Three bodies of water that surround the Arabian Peninsula
What the climate is like
A description of nomads and towns near an oasis
Drawing: Shows three physical geographical features of the Arabian Peninsula.