Ms. Nicoll History Unit 1 

 
Name: Malia M.  

Date: 9/5/17 

Class: 7th Grade - World History 

 
 
Main Idea:​ ​Identify the physical features and describe the climate of the Arabian
peninsula, its relationship to surrounding bodies of land and water, and nomadic
and sedentary ways of life.
 
Topic Student Notes

Physical Features of 

the Arabian   
Peninsula 

1. Sahara Desert 
 
2. Arabian Peninsula 
 
3. Jordan River 
What Physical   
Features are on the  4. Tigris and Euphrates River 
Arabian Peninsula?   
5. Nile River 
 
6. Persian Gulf 
 
7. Red Sea 

Climate of the 
 
Arabian Peninsula 

1. Arid  
 
2. Small portion of agriculture 
Describe the climate 
 
of Arabia?  
3. Desert’s  
 
4. Not a lot of rainfall  

Surrounding Bodies   

 
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of Land and Water 

1. Red Sea 
 
2. Persian Gulf 
 
Name 5  3. Arabian Sea 
surrounding bodies    
of water.  4. Mediterranean Sea 
 
5. Black Sea 
 
6. Caspian Sea 

Nomadic Ways of 

 
Life in Arabia 

1.  
Detail the nomadic   
way of life on the  2. I didn’t have a partner 
Arabian Peninsula   
during the Middle  3.  
Ages.   
4.  

Sedentary Ways of 

 
Life in Arabia 

1. ​People are settled in one place.  

Describe the   
sedentary way of  2. They grow plants and raise livestock. 
life on the Arabian   
Peninsula during  3. Were first seen near waterways. 
the Middle Ages.   
4. There are infectious diseases that are a disadvantage.  

What impact does  1.  

geography have on   
these ways of life?  2.  
 

 
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