1. 1/5-6N. AFRICA WARM-UP:WARM-UP: Questions about the Middle East VIDEO:VIDEO: Mystery of the Nile MAPS:MAPS: SW Asia & N Africa

2. Physical Map of SW Asia Atlas Pg 164

3. Political Map of SW Asia Atlas Pg 164-165

4. Physical Map of N. Africa Atlas Pg 123-124

5. Political Map of N. Africa Atlas Pg. 126-127

6. EGYPT is in AFRICA

7. MEDITERRANEAN SEAMEDITERRANEAN SEA NILE DELTANILE DELTA SUEZ CANALSUEZ CANAL SINAI PENINSULASINAI PENINSULA NILE RIVERNILE RIVER RED SEARED SEA ASWAN DAMASWAN DAM LAKE NASSERLAKE NASSER 1) LABEL N.AFRICA

8. 2) LABEL SW ASIA Tigris River Euphrates River Persian Gulf Strait of Hormuz Arabian Peninsula

9. 3) The NILE has many similarities to the FERTILE CRESCENT Both cultures developed some of the earliest Agriculture Writing

10. SUEZ CANAL 4) SUEZ CANAL TIMEFUEL MEDITERRANEAN INDIANLike the Panama Canal, ships can use this shortcut to reduce the TIME & FUEL used to transport goods between the MEDITERRANEAN Sea and the INDIAN Ocean. How much is the distance from Mumbai, India to London, England reduced if a ship uses the Suez Canal? 5,100 MILES5,100 MILES