WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10th, 2012 AGENDA: BELL RINGER LEARNING GOALS NOTES: GEOGRAPHY CLOSURE ACTIVITY MATERIALS: Vocab Cards, Pen or Pencil, and Notes. BELL RINGER: What 3 continents intersect to form the Middle East? REMINDER: MIDDLE EAST MAP DUE TOMORROW!

LEARNING GOALS ●IDENTIFY three regions of the middle east and one characteristic for each.

II. GEOGRAPHY a. The Middle East consists of five Regions.

GEOGRAPHY i. THE FERTILE CRESCENT 1. Land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

GEOGRAPHY 2. Considered to be the best farmland in the Middle East.

GEOGRAPHY 3. It contains Mesopotamia a. Land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

GEOGRAPHY b. This is where one of the first known cities was found. “Ur”

GEOGRAPHY ii. THE ARABIAN PENINSULA 1. Mostly desert, with a dry and hot climate. a. In the Middle East, water is scarce.

GEOGRAPHY 2. The majority of the land is uninhabitable (you can’t live there).

GEOGRAPHY 3. Most fresh water is obtained through the process of desalination. DESALINATION (def.) Procedure that turns salt into fresh water.

GEOGRAPHY 4. This area is rich in petroleum (oil).

GEOGRAPHY 5. The Arabian Peninsula is one of the richest oil areas in the world.

GEOGRAPHY iii. THE NORTHERN TIER a. An extremely mountainous area. 1. Turkey/Iran a. An extremely mountainous area.

GEOGRAPHY b. Source of many of the Middle East’s rivers.

GEOGRAPHY c. Some oil is found here.

GEOGRAPHY iv. THE NILE VALLEY 1. Located in Egypt, along the Nile River.

GEOGRAPHY a. The Nile River is the longest river in the world.

GEOGRAPHY b. 96% of Egypt is desert.

GEOGRAPHY c. Productive farm area, trade area, and the site for early civilizations.

GEOGRAPHY V. NORTH AFRICA 1. Dominated by the Sahara Desert. a. Some oil located here b. Sparsely populated

CLOSURE ACTIVITY IDENTIFY three regions of the middle east and one characteristic for each. REGION 1 REGION 2 REGION 3A