Wednesday, 2/18/15 The Plan: 1.  Warm Up (new unit means a new

page): Answer the following questions as best you can using the picture to the right !

a. Guess the name of the physical feature pictured to the right?

b. Based on your guess, explain the origins of the name? (Why is it called that?)

2. Class notes on the Physical Geography of SW ASIA and NORTH AFRICA

Dead Sea

http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,71715312001_2016083,00.html

1.  What is the source ?

2.  What are the two main factors that have caused the decline of the Dead Sea?

Largest SAND desert in the World.

“Sea of Sand”

Irrigation from the Jordan River has made agriculture possible in Israel.

Around 40 million people (half of Egypt’s population) live in the Nile Delta region.

90% of Egypt’s population live on the 3% of the land bordering the Nile.

Thursday, 2/19/15 The Plan: 1.  Warm Up (new unit means a new page): Answer the

following questions, please write the question!

Q: Which resource do you see as more valuable to the our region of study, oil or water?

I want a full thoughtful response to the question.

2. Finish notes on the Physical Geography of SW ASIA and NORTH AFRICA

3. Class reading activity on Oil in Southwest Asia

POP QUIZ (for extra credit)

An oasis can save your life in the

desert!