TUESDAY OCTOBER 9th, 2012 NEW UNIT! AGENDA: BELL RINGER TEST REVIEW LEARNING GOALS NOTES: GEOGRAPHY CLOSURE ACTIVITY MATERIALS: VOCABULARY CARDS & A SMALL STACK OF YELLOW CARDS, PEN or PENCIL. BELL RINGER: Take out your green cards from your vocab card bags, and REPLACE them with yellow cards. Put your green cards in a neat pile, make sure your name is written on the card that is ON TOP.

UNIT TEST 1 REVIEW ●MULTIPLE CHOICE ● MATCHING ● MAP (next slide) ● SHORT-ANSWER

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LEARNING GOALS ●IDENTIFY the 3 Continents that intersect to form the Middle East. ●IDENTIFY 3 major waterways surrounding the Middle East.

(pg.12 Toward Civilization) GEOGRAPHY REVIEW GEORAPHY “QUIZ” Chapter 1 (pg.12 Toward Civilization)

THE MIDDLE EAST I. LOCATION (relative) a. The middle east is located at the crossroad of three continents. i. AFRICA ii. ASIA iii. EUROPE

THE MIDDLE EAST b. It is located between Europe and the far East, which is where the term “Middle East” comes from.

THE MIDDLE EAST c. The location is strategically important, which allows a lot of cultural diffusion to occur.

THE MIDDLE EAST d. Throughout history, many of the world’s traded goods passed through the Middle East on their way to Europe.

THE MIDDLE EAST e. The location of the Middle East allows its nations to control many important sea routes such as: i. THE PERSIAN GULF ii. THE SUEZ CANAL iii. THE RED SEA

THE PERSIAN GULF

THE SUEZ CANAL

THE RED SEA

THE MIDDLE EAST f. Many of these are vital “oil highways” (waterways used to transport oil to other places in the world). Oil Tanker

THE MIDDLE EAST g. Over 90 % of the people in the region are MUSLIM and speak Arabic.

THE MIDDLE EAST h. Only 15% of the available land is suitable for crops.

CLOSURE ACTIVITY What percent of the Middle Eastern population practice Islam? 55% 90% 85% 45%

CLOSURE ACTIVITY What percent of Middle Eastern land is “arable” for farming? 65% 90% 32% 15%

CLOSURE ACTIVITY What three waterways surround the Middle East?

CLOSURE ACTIVITY What 3 Continents intersect to form the Middle East?