Transcript Geo Features of North Africa

Handouts:
* Culture Web
* Cornell Notes: Africa’s History and Culture, Part 2
2. Assignments:
* In-class—Use a culture web to find clues about N. Africa.
* Homework—Have a great evening!
1.
Assignments due today:
* None
4. Bell Ringer:
* BR #13, 2/9/17
Q: What were the four main periods in N. Africa’s history?
A: 1) Ancient Times; 2) Period of Invasions;
3) European Control; 4) Modern North Africa
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Outcomes: Be able to . . .
1. Describe the features of six aspects of North African culture
using an info web.
2. Define the term choke points.
3. List seven historical events (and their dates) that chronicle
(show the order of) the development of the Suez Canal.
Today we will work in teams. Each team will do the entire web
together. But here’s the catch—every team will start at a different
spot on that web.  The part you start at is also the one your team
is responsible for when we report our results. So each team
becomes our “expert” on one part of the web.
Before I assign your team’s starting point, I have a question:
What does “culture” mean?
Culture is what people value, what’s important to them, what they
hold dear to their hearts. Name some examples of culture.
Food, festivals/holidays, religion, crafts/art, types of literature,
the language we speak, etc.
To fill out the culture web, open your Red textbook to page 478.
You will consult pp. 478 – 479 to find specific examples. Please note
that I will be walking around, observing, and . . .
I will grade each of you on how you work as a team.
Here are your team starting points:
Team 1
Languages
Team 2
Religions
Team 3
Foods
Team 4
Festivals/Celebrations
Team 5
Arts
Team 6
Literature
Team 7
Timeline of Suez Canal, pp. 480 – 481
Figure out the timeline details. Use your
Cornell Notes as your graphic organizer.
Show me what you have when you finish. 
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Culture:
Using the info obtained from your
info web, sum up key features of
each of the following cultural
aspects of North Africa. . . .
Languages spoken in North Africa?
Arabic, Berber, French, Italian,
English
Religions of North Africa?
Islam, Christianity
Foods of North Africa?
Couscous, grains, veggies, fruits,
nuts
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Festivals or celebrations in
North Africa?
Birthday of Islamic prophet
Mohammed and celebration of
Ramadan
Arts that North Africa is known
for?
Architecture, wood carvings,
woven carpets
Music based on singing & poetry
Their musical scale has more
notes than in Western music
Literature that North Africa is
known for?
Ancient history of Egyptian poetry
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Suez Canal:
Define the term “choke points”
Narrow, crowded shipping lanes that
serve as shortcuts in waterways.
Create a timeline illustrating the
development of the Suez Canal &
the role it has played historically.
1869 Created to shorten journey for
ships traveling between
Europe and Asia
* Linked Britain to its colonies
in East Africa, Asia, the Pacific
* Was built to serve trade, but
also served military purposes
1905 Russian Navy used it during
the Russio-Japanese War
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1930s Development of oil industry
in the 1930’s made the canal
even more important
What else happened in the 1930’s?
* Italy used it to transport troops
in order to invade Ethiopia
1950s Egypt didn’t let Israel use canal
1956 Closed completely for two years
during conflict with Israel
‘67–75 Closed again after war with
Israel
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Today it’s one of the busiest shipping
lanes in the world.
But modern ships are getting too
large for this shipping lane