1. Jan 10, 2013 To do Today Finish notes Begin Ch 18 Vocabulary Partner worksheet Map Test all 25 items on Friday

2. To do today Jan 9, 2013 Please answer the thinkers in your binders. Begin defining Chapter 18 (1-7) only in your binders. Notes over North Africa and SW Asia

3. Today in History January 8, 2013 20122012 After a year of being held hostage by pirates, 15 Georgian soldiers are released through efforts of the Somalian government 20112011 U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, Judge John Roll killed, in a Tucson, Arizona shooting rampage that killed 6 people and injured 14 19741974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London 19551955 Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130- game home basketball win streak 19401940 Britain's 1st WW II rationing 17901790 George Washington delivers 1st state of union address

4. Today in History January 9, 2013 20072007 Apple Computer unveils the revolutionary iPhone 19911991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame 19791979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws 19601960 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins 19051905 Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 18611861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC 15701570 Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod 13491349 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses

5. Today in History January 10, 2013

6. Unit 8 Thinkers 1.Which geographic factor has been most influential in the pattern of human settlement in the Middle East and North Africa? 2.The Middle East and North Africa are examples of what type of regions? 3.What geographic factor has led to more people living in the coastal Mediterranean areas of North Africa?

7. Unit 8 Thinkers 4. List push factors that have caused large scale human migration in this region. 5. Why would the U.S. be in favor of democratic revolts in this region? 6. What is cultural diversity and is it present in this region?

8. Unit 8 Thinkers 7. If the people have the right to overthrow the government if they are not protected, does this mean the government has the right to protect itself against being overthrown if the people are not following the laws? 8. Does the ruling party (Democrat in White House) have the ability to use force to make the non-ruling parties (Republicans) follow their policies? 9. What are the two major canals, where are they located and what bodies of water do they connect?

9. Vocabulary Ch 17 Sec 1 (421) – 1. alluvial Soil – 2. wadi – 3. Kum – 4. Phosphate Sec 2 (427) – 5. oasis – 6. pastoralism – 7. cereal

10. Vocabulary Ch 18 Sec 1 (439) – 1. Ethnic Diversity – 2. Infrastructure Sec 2 (446) – 3. Domesticate – 4. culture Hearth – 5. Cuneiform – 6. Hieroglyphics – 7. qanat – 8. monotheism – 9. prophet – 10. mosque – 11. nationalism – 12. nationalize – 13. embargo Sec 3 – 14. Ziggurat – 15. Bedouin – 16. bazaar

11. North Africa/SW Asia Map Label the following countries. ( Use numbers if space is not available. – 1. Western Sahara 2. Morocco – 3. Algeria4 Tunisia – 5. Libya6. Egypt – 7. Yemen8. Oman – 9. Saudi Arabia10. United Arab Emirates – 11. Qatar12. Kuwait – 13. Iran14. Afghanistan – 15. Iraq16. Jordan – 17. Lebanon18. Syria – 19. Turkey20. Armenia – 21. Azerbaijan22. Israel Label the 3 Rivers. – 23. Nile – 24. Tigris – 25. Euphrates Color Each Country a different color. Color the rivers blue.