Questions about West Asia with the Five Themes of...

Seventh Grade Social Studies SS070301 Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues Lesson 1

Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum of 16 www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org July 9, 2009

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Questions about West Asia with the

Five Themes of Geography

Region How can West Asia be divided into regions for

study?

Movement What are the West Asian patterns of

movement of people, products,

and information?

Human/

Environment

Interaction What are the

relationships among

people and places?

Place What makes

places in West Asia different

from other places?

Location Where are things located in West

Asia?

Five

Themes of

Geography



Big Ideas Card

Big Ideas of Lesson 1, Unit 3

1. The five themes of geography include location, place, region, movement,

and human/environment interaction. 2. The five themes of geography are a structure for studying the people,

places, and cultures of the world. 3. Regions are a way to organize geographic information about the world. 4. Regions can be based on physical, historical, or cultural characteristics.

5. The geography of a region can be studied from the global, interregional,

regional and local scales.

6. West Asia is one region in this part of the world.

7. Human/environment interaction happens when people adapt to and change the environment when drought, earthquakes, flooding and other natural disasters occur.



Word Cards

1. five themes of geography five big ideas that help people understand geography Example: The five themes of geography can be used to help us to better understand a place.

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2. location the geographic theme that relates to where a place can be found Example: We can find the location of a place by using a globe, a map or directions.

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3. place the geographic theme that answers the question “What is it like there?” Example: Geographers use the theme of ‘place’ to describe what an area is like.

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4. region an area with one or more common features, a geographic theme Example: The Upper Peninsula can be one region of Michigan.

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5. movement the geographic theme that explains how and why people, goods and ideas move Example: The theme of movement helps us understand how places are connected to other places.

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6. human/environment interaction ways in which people use and interact with the Earth, a geographic theme Example: When people build new roads they are interacting with the Earth.

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World Map Regions

Region Possibilities 1.________________________ 2,________________________ 3.________________________ 4.________________________



Asia Map Regions

Region Possibilities 1.________________________ 3.________________________ 2,________________________ 4.________________________



India Map Regions

Region Possibilities 1.________________________ 3.________________________ 2,________________________ 4.________________________



Five Themes of Geography Activity

Location Where are things located in West Asia?



Region How can West Asia be divided into regions for study?



Place What makes places in West Asia different from other

places?



Human/Environment Interaction What are the relationships between people and places in

West Asia?



Movement What are the patterns of movement of people, products,

and information in West Asia?



Five Themes of Geography Activity

Countries of West Asia (Cut names apart and distribute, 25 countries plus 6 extras)

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan

Bahrain Bangladesh India

Iran Iraq Israel

Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait

Lebanon Nepal Oman

Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia

Sri Lanka Syria Turkey

Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan

Yemen

India India Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Iran Iraq

Israel Afghanistan Nepal

Five Themes of Geography of West Asia (Cut themes apart and distribute)

Location Location Location

Location Location Location

Place Place Place

Place Place Place

Region Region Region

Region Region Region

Movement Movement Movement

Movement Movement Movement Human/Environment

Interaction Human/Environment





Interaction



West Asia

“I have… Who has…?” game

Cut the strips apart and distribute one to each student. Keep one for yourself. To start the game, read the question on your paper, “Who has…?” Whoever has the correct answer responds and then reads their question. This continues until all the questions have been read. (Notes: The answers follow the questions on the next slip, so keep an uncut copy as an answer key to check the students’ answers. Suggest to the students that they research the “I have…” part of their slip to be ready to answer their question.)

I have monotheism. Who has an island country off the southeast coast of India?

I have Sri Lanka. Who has the two longest rivers in India?

I have the Brahmaputra River and the Indus River. Who has the famous mosque in Istanbul Turkey?

I have the Hagia Sophia. Who has the capital of Syria, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities?

I have Damascus. Who has the country with the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

I have Iraq. Who has the country where nearly 90% of the people are Shia Muslims?



I have Iran. Who has a landlocked country east of Iran?

I have Afghanistan. Who has the Uzbekistan’s major cash crop?

I have cotton. Who has the country with Mt. Everest, the mountain in the world?

I have Nepal. Who has the sea south of Iran and Pakistan?

I have I have the Arabian Sea. Who has the seasonal winds of India and South Asia?

I have monsoons. Who has the beautiful tomb built for a beloved wife in Agra, India?

I have the Taj Mahal. Who has the word for a large landmass that is part of a continent? India is often called this.

I have subcontinent. Who has the name for a local marketplace in Southwest Asia?

I have bazaar. Who has an Islamic house of worship?



I have a mosque. Who has a storm with high winds and heavy rains?

I have a cyclone. Who has a nomadic desert people of Southwest Asia who follow a traditional way of life?

I have Bedouin. Who has a farm product grown for export?

I have cash crop. Who has the term for a country that has limited industry, where agriculture is important and incomes are generally low?

I have developing country. Who has the large inland sea that was drying up due to irrigation in the 1960s?

I have the Aral Sea. Who has the rich mineral deposits in Kazakhstan that are used to make fertilizers?

I have phosphates. Who has the largest lake north of Ian in West Asia that is called a sea?

I have the Caspian Sea. Who has the lowest point in this region, at 1,312 feet below sea level located in Israel and Jordan?

I have the Dead Sea. Who has the energy resource that has made many countries in this region rich?



I have petroleum. Who has the city often called the ‘Old City’ that has important holy sites of Jews, Christians, and Muslims?

I have Jerusalem. Who has the capital city that is located in both Asia and Europe? It was once called Constantinople.

I have Istanbul. Who has the narrow gap between mountains in the Hindu Kush mountain range?

I have the Khyber Pass. Who has the practice that has reduced the number of sturgeon in the Caspian Sea?

I have poaching. Who has the ancient name of Iraq?

I have Mesopotamia. Who has the name for the form of religion that means belief in one God? Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all this type of religion.

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