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Name: Period: Date: 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. o o o o o Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Suez Canal Nile River Lake Nassar o o Sinai Peninsula Gaza Strip • Shade the fertile areas around the Nile lightly in green o o Lower Egypt Upper Egypt • Shade the desert areas lightly in brown or yellow o o o o Aswan Cairo Giza Thebes = Luxor • Draw arrows on the Nile River that show the direction of the current o o o o o 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