PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AFRICA, SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ASIA: THE LAND

Essential Questions: How has physical geography affected where people have settled in North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia? Learning Target: IWBAT explain how the climate has influenced where people live in North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia. Formative Assessment(s): What resource does most of the region rely on for export and how are they trying to change this?

BELLWORK What kind of geographical features would you expect to find in North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia? (AKA, mountains, lakes, deserts?)

SAUDI ARABIA FUN FACTS The Arabian Peninsula is the world’s largest peninsula. Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the world without a river. Construction on Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower began in The new, tallest building in the world will stand 3,280 feet (1 km) high and will dwarf the Burj Khalifa hotel in Dubai by 600 feet. Motorists in Saudi Arabia have invented a perilous but exciting new driving sport called Sidewalk Skiing, which involves balancing a car on its side while the car is in motion.

CLASSWORK TOGETHER, read about Landforms on pages Write and answer the following questions in your notes: 1.What four tectonic plates meet in Southwest Asia? 2.What two countries do the Atlas Mountains cover? 3.What are kums and what is special about the Kara- Kum and Kyzyl Kum? 4.What six bodies of water surround the Arabian Peninsula? 5.What three seas are found in North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia?

CLASSWORK TOGETHER, read about Water Systems on pages Write and answer the following questions in your notes: 1.What is the world’s longest river and which country is it in? 2.What are three benefits of the Aswan High Dam? 3.Where is Mesopotamia? Name the region and both rivers. 4.What are wadis?

QATAR FUN FACTS Qatar is the biggest exporter of natural gas in the world and is the richest country in the world. This means it is very, very, very wealthy. Very. Wealthy. Qatar cultivates less than 1% of its land, imports 90% of its food, and has only 2 days worth of water reserves. Qatar is one of the most obese nations on earth with residents fatter, on average, than even those of the United States. Roughly half of adults and a third of children in Qatar are obese.

CLASSWORK As you read Natural Resources (pages ), make a web diagram of all the natural resources found in North Africa, Southwest and Central Asia. (Hero point to the person who finds the most! Natural Resources

CLASSWORK Natural Resources Oil, natural gas, and petroleum Sulfur, sulfate, and phosphate Chromium, gold, lead, manganese, zinc Iron and copper Agriculture and fisheries

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT What resource does most of the region rely on for export and how are they trying to change this?