Arabian Peninsula

Bellwork

What happens when people from different places meet and trade?

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

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?

Life in Towns

How did the lives of desert Arabs and town Arabs differ?

Desert Arabs Town Arabs

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)

Map

Exit Ticket

1. What body of water is located west of the Arabian Peninsula?

a. Red Sea

b. Persian Gulf

c. Arabian Sea

d. Caspian Sea

Exit Ticket

2. The climate of the Arabian Peninsula would be described as…

a. Hot and rainy

b. Hot and dry

c. Cool and rainy

d. Cool and dry

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.