WARM UP 8/12• Now turn to page 308 – Predicting.• Question. Think to yourself---no talking: What do

you think would happen if you watched a movie the evening before an important test instead of studying?

• Predict: ___________________________________________

• Why do you think this outcome is likely? ________________

• On what factors are you basing your prediction? __________________________________________________

• Turn to page 173 in green text and read “The Arabian Peninsula”

• Can you predict what might happen next?

WARM UP 8- 13 MORE PRACTICE WITH MILEAGE. START A BRAND NEW PAGE TITLED WARM UPS

• Turn to page and in textbook write FROM TO IS MILES

• Next, go to page and write FROM TO IS MILES

MIDDLE EAST [SOUTHWEST ASIA]GEOGRAPHIC VOCABULARY

FERTILE AREA IN THE DESERT WHERE WATER IS REGULARLY AVAILABLE.

OASIS

AREA BUILT UP BY RICH SOIL LEFT ON FLOOD PLAIN AFTER RIVERS FLOOD.

ALLUVIAL PLAIN

DIRECTION A RIVER FLOWS AWAY FROM THE SOURCE.

DOWN RIVER

LEVEL LAND THAT MAY BE FLOODED WHEN A RIVER OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS.

FLOOD PLAIN

FAN SHAPED DEPOSIT OF SOIL AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER.

DELTA

LARGE AREA OF LOW LAND SURROUNDED BY HIGHER ELEVATION.

BASIN

FLAT TOPPED MOUNTAINS OR ROLLING LAND AT ELEVATION.

PLATEAU

NARROW STRETCH OF WATER CONNECTING TWO LARGER BODIES OF WATER.

STRAIT

LAND SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY WATER.

PENINSULA

DRY RIVER BED THAT FILLS WITH WATER AND FLOODS WHEN IT RAINS IN THE DESERT.

WADIS

THE DIRECTION GOING TOWARD THE SOURCE OF A RIVER.

•where a river begins.

RIVER SOURCE – UPSTREAM- DOWNSTREAM

UNDERGROUND LAYER OF ROCK THAT WATER FLOWS THROUGH.

AQUIFER

LAND THAT IS OFTEN COVERED BY WATER THAT DEVELOP INTO MARSHES OR SWAMPS.

WETLANDS

PARTLY DRY GRASSLAND FOUND ON THE EDGE OF A DESERT.

STEPPES