1. Arabian Peninsula

2. Bellwork
What happens when people from different places meet and trade?

3. The Land of Arabia
How do you think these factors will affect how Arabia is populated when people begin to settle there and build towns?
Factor
Affect
Heat
Oasis
Different Civilizations

4. Life in the Desert
How did the geography influence the Arab way of life— where they lived, how they survived, and what they ate?
What type of clothing do you think the bedouins wore, given their surroundings?
How did the people living in the desert depend on one another? How did the different tribes get along? Why did the tribes battle each other?

5. Life in Towns How did the lives of desert Arabs and town Arabs differ?

6. Map
On Page 103, Use the map, Southwest Asia, to fill in the blank map.
You must include:
The Arabian Peninsula
The Red Sea
The Arabian Sea
The Persian Gulf
Makkah (Mecca)

7. Map

8. Exit Ticket
What body of water is located west of the Arabian Peninsula?
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Caspian Sea

9. Exit Ticket
2. The climate of the Arabian Peninsula would be described as…
Hot and rainy
Hot and dry
Cool and rainy
Cool and dry

10. Exit Ticket
Choose the picture below that best represents what type of clothing someone would wear to protect themselves from the heat in the Middle East.
a b c. d.