Download Geography: Egypt/Middle East

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World History – Mrs. Schenck
Geography: Egypt/Middle East
How does geography influence the way people live, move, and define regions?
A. Use an atlas to complete your maps of Egypt and the Middle East.
B. Use a device with Google Earth and the “Gift of the Nile” paper to answer the
following questions. Make MANY bullet points.
What makes the Nile River Valley attractive for settlement?
How did the Egyptians use the Nile to define areas and regions?
C. Use “The Aswan Dam” to answer the following questions.
How has the geography of Egypt changed from ancient times to now?
D. Use “Working the Land” and “The Farming Life” to answer the following question.
Make MANY bullet points.
How did Egypt’s geography affect their farming methods and daily life?
E. Use “Boats on the Nile” to answer the following questions.
How did geography influence the way people moved in ancient Egypt?
What technology did ancient Egyptians use to help them move?
What role do you think trade played in Egyptian civilization?
F. Use the British Museum Site: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/geography/home.html
Read the excerpt on Geography, play through the STORY, then EXPLORE the maps.
Add to the questions above using what you learn here or add new information below.
Name:
Period:
Date:
World History – Mrs. Schenck
Geography: Egypt/Middle East
How does geography influence the way people live, move, and define regions?
Directions: All final labels on the map MUST BE DARK! All other shading should be
in colored pencil. Labels must be large and LEGIBLE - if you cannot read it, you will
not be able to study from it!
Egypt Map: Use the class atlas pages 80 and 83 or any online map. Label the following
items on the map of EGYPT only.
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Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Nile River
Lake Nassar
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Sinai Peninsula
Gaza Strip
• Shade the fertile areas around the Nile
lightly in green
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Lower Egypt
Upper Egypt
• Shade the desert areas lightly in
brown or yellow
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Aswan
Cairo
Giza
Thebes = Luxor
• Draw arrows on the Nile River that
show the direction of the current
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Libya
Sudan
Israel
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
• Shade all the water (including rivers)
lightly in blue.
TURN OVER
Present Day Middle East Map: Use the class atlas page 80 or any online map. Label
the following items on the map of the Present Day MIDDLE EAST only.
Countries:
o Afghanistan
o Bahrain
o Cyprus
o Egypt
o Greece
o Iran
o Iraq
o Israel
o Jordan
o Kuwait
o Lebanon
o Libya
o Oman
o Pakistan
o Qatar
o Saudi Arabia
o Sudan
o Syria
o Turkey
o Turkmenistan
o United Arab Emirates (UAE)
o Yemen
Water:
o Arabian Sea
o Black Sea
o Caspian Sea
o Mediterranean Sea
o Persian Gulf
o Red Sea
o Nile River
o Tigris River
o Euphrates River
Cities:
o Cairo
o Baghdad
Name:
Period:
Date:
World History – Mrs. Schenck
Egypt Map
(Middle East Map on the BACK)
Present Day Middle East