Ms. Nicoll History Unit 1 

 
Name: Asher Thomas 

Date: 9/5/2017 

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. Persian Gulf  
2. Tigris river 
3. Nile river 
What Physical  4. Sahara Desert 
Features are on the  5. Arabian Peninsula 
Arabian Peninsula?  6. Jordan river 
7. Red sea 
8. Suez Canal 
9. Strait of Hormuz 

Desert - Arid (dry), large 

Climate of the 
Tigris and Euphrates small agriculture 
Arabian Peninsula 
Rain and agriculture go hand in hand 

1. Little rain  
 
2. Desert 
Describe the climate 
 
of Arabia?  
3. Arid 
 
4. Tiny agriculture 

Red Sea 
Surrounding Bodies  Persian gulf  
of Land and Water  Arabian sea 
Mediterranean sea 

 
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Ms. Nicoll History Unit 1 

Black sea 
Caspian sea 
Tigres and Euphrates 

1. Red Sea 
 
2. Black Sea 
Name 5   
surrounding bodies  3. Tigres and Euphrates 
of water.    
4. Caspian Sea 
 
5. Arabian Sea 

Nomadic Ways of 

 
Life in Arabia 

1. They move from place to place because they don't have 

food and water. 
Detail the nomadic   
way of life on the  2. They make non permanent settlements because of 
Arabian Peninsula  changing temperatures. 
during the Middle   
Ages.  3. They travel in groups 
 
4. They have one leader who leads 

Sedentary Ways of 

 
Life in Arabia 

1. They are permanently settled. 

Describe the   
sedentary way of  2. Vital to find virtual land. 
life on the Arabian   
Peninsula during  3. Settlement are built better. 
the Middle Ages.   
4. Found near water. 

What impact does  1.  

geography have on   
these ways of life?  2.  
 

 
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