March 6 th 2012 Come in, get out journals, sit down in a desk….quietly!!!!
Today’s Objectives 2.01 Identify key physical characteristics such as landforms, water forms, and climate and evaluate their influence on the development of cultures in selected African, Asian and Australian regions.2.01 Identify key physical characteristics such as landforms, water forms, and climate and evaluate their influence on the development of cultures in selected African, Asian and Australian regions Identify ways in which people of selected areas in Africa, Asia, and Australia have used, altered, and adapted to their environments in order to meet their needs and evaluate the impact of their actions on the development of cultures and regions.3.01 Identify ways in which people of selected areas in Africa, Asia, and Australia have used, altered, and adapted to their environments in order to meet their needs and evaluate the impact of their actions on the development of cultures and regions.
Essential Question How have physical geography and history interacted in Southwest and South Asia?
Word Wall Vocabulary Arabian Peninsula Plateau Of Iran Euphrates River Oasis Himalayas Ganges River Cyclone Tsunami
Chapter 11-Section 1 Review Take Notes-Test Tomorrow
What are the three sub-regions of Southwest Asia?
Answer The Arabian PeninsulaThe Arabian Peninsula The Anatolian PeninsulaThe Anatolian Peninsula The Plateau of IranThe Plateau of Iran
What Landform covers most of the Arabian Peninsula?
Answer Desert
What is one reason Southwest Asia has a dry climate?
Answer Mountains prevent rain from reaching inland areas
What are the three most important fresh water sources in Southwest Asia?
Answer Tigris River Euphrates River Jordan River
________ is a land-locked salt lake, so salty that almost nothing can live in the water.
Answer The Dead Sea
What methods have people used to provide water to arid Southwest Asia?
Answer Qanats, Dams, Irrigation Systems, and Canals
Why do most people in Southwest Asia live near the coast, in river valleys, or near Oases?
Answer To have access to water
Why do some of the modern water projects cause tension or conflict in this region?
Answer Because water is scarce, countries fear that other countries in the region may divert and use too much water.
An ______ is a fertile or green spot in the desert where underground water comes to surface.
Answer Oasis
What basic fact about the physical geography of the region has created a need for qanats?
Answer Southwest Asia is an arid region with few water sources
What advantages do qanats have over canals that are located on surface?
Answer Qanats use underground sources of water and slope downhill so water can flow many miles to where it’s needed, lessening water loss from evaporation.
Explain why Southwest Asia has many earthquakes!
Answer Continental plates meet in the region in a collision zone
What factor may make earthquakes in Southwest Asia particularly deadly?
Answer Poor building construction
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