gewaldna Ms. Gewald
North Whidbey Middle School North Africa Resource Page
 
Hey there, Voyagers!

We begin the second semester with a trip to North and East Africa.

What do you know about this area of the world?
What do you want to know?
What is the "Horn of Africa?"
How can a person in a region near the equator get frostbite?
Where is Morocco?
How are Muammar Al-Qaddafi and Osama bin Laden alike?
How were the pyramids of Egypt built?
Who is endangered in East Africa?
Where is it all in relation to Abu Dhabi and Kabul?
How would we get there from Jerusalem's Old City?

Let's take the steps together to discover the secrets of North and East Africa...

1.  Check the due date for your maps and vocabulary. Study for the tests. Don't forget these locations....

POLITICAL MAP

Western Sahara                     
El Aaiun                           
Morocco                            
Rabat                              
Casablanca                         
Marrakech                          
Algeria                            
Tunisia                            
Tunis                              
Libya                              
Tripoli                            
Benghazi                           
Egypt                              
Cairo                              
Alexandria
Luxor
Port Said
Giza
Sudan
Khartoum
Eghiopia
Addis Ababa
Somalia
Mogadishu
Eritrea
Djibouti
Uganda
Kenya
Nairobi
Tanzania
Rwanda
Burundi


PHYSICAL MAP

Altantic Ocean
Canary Islands
Mt. Toubkal
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlas Mountains
Sahara Desert
Ahaggar Massif
Mt. Tahat
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Sidra
Libyan Desert
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Nile River


Did you look below and see the free dictionary you can download to define these words? Try it. It works with both Internet Explorer and Netscape and you can use it with other web pages to expand your vocabulary.
Meanwhile, define and learn these vocabulary words:
erg
hammada
diffusion
fellahin
bazaar
caravan
distributary
ecology
Maghreb
phosphate
Berbers
desert pavement


Use the links to hieroglyphics web sites to help you do your carthouches, due March 6th.

So far so good. Now we know, at least, where we are and what surrounds us. What else do you want to know? Funny that I should ask, since that will be our next step: to research the answers to questions about North Africa. To see a list of sample questions about North Africa, click on the link below that is described as "North Africa Questions." (Whoa! What a coincidence!)

Keep thinking about your thinking.

What are you thinking?

More later....Keep up the good work!

Ms. G.
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Last updated  2008/09/28 09:07:56 PDTHits  1395