1. Agenda Message for Monday August 28, 2017:
Location & Maps Vocabulary Make-up Quiz is Wednesday
available for anyone who failed the first attempt.
Standard: Locate selected features in SWA
Essential Question for Monday, August 28, 2017:
List the six countries and seven major bodies of water that we are
responsible for in 7th grade Social Studies.
Warm-Up: What life sustaining natural resource exists in short supply throughout SWA?
TODAY WE WILL
Locate the countries of Southwest Asia
Locate seven major bodies of water in SWA.

2. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Monday August 28, 2017: Countries Afghanistan Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Israel Turkey Bodies of Water Red Sea Persian Gulf Arabian Sea Suez Canal Strait of Hormuz Tigris River Euphrates River Jordan River Warm-Up Answer: Fresh water

3. Agenda Message for Tuesday, August 29, 2017:
Vocabulary Quiz make-up is tomorrow. Social Studies Progress Reports go home Thursday. Return signed
By Parents & receive a homework grade of “100”!
Standard: Location affects a society’s economy, culture, and development.
Essential Question for Tuesday August 29, 2017: What is the United States #1 economic interest in SWA?
Warm-Up:
What is the Fertile Crescent?
TODAY WE WILL:
Labeling & coloring Political Maps of SWA
Prep for Vocabulary Quiz Make-up on Wednesday

4. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Tuesday August 29, 2017: The U.S. governments #1 interest in SWA is oil (petroleum). Warm-Up Answer: The Tigris & Euphrates River valleys are known as the Fertile Crescent.

5. Agenda Message for Wednesday August 30, 2017: Vocabulary Quiz make-up is TODAY!. Social Studies Progress Reports go home tomorrow. Return signed
By Parents & receive a homework grade of “100”!
Standard: Location affects a society’s
economy, culture, and development.
Essential Question for Wednesday August 30th: Where do most people tend to live?
Warm-Up: What is the United States #1 economic interest in SWA?
TODAY WE WILL
1. Vocabulary Make-Up Quiz
2. Complete Political Maps of SWA

6. ANSWERS E.Q. Answer for Wednesday August 30, 2017:
Most people tend to live where the temperatures are moderate and there is a good supply of fresh water..
Warm-Up Answer:
Maintaining the free flow of oil to the world’s economies.

9. Locate the following countries on the map:
The Middle East
Locate the following countries on the map:
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Turkey 6 3 1 4 2 5

10. Locate the following areas of land on the map
Locate the following areas of land on the map. These are not countries, but areas of land crucial to the people.
(HINT: Look in Israel)
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Golan Heights
The Middle East 3 1 2

11. Locate the following bodies of water on the map:
The Middle East
Locate the following bodies of water on the map:
Arabian Sea
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Suez Canal
Strait of Hormuz
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Jordan River

12. The Middle East Euphrates River Suez Canal Jordan River Persian Gulf
Tigris River
Suez Canal
Euphrates River
Jordan River
Persian Gulf
Straight of Hormuz
Red Sea
Arabian Sea

13. Name__________________________Date_____________Pd________
Southwest Asia
Label the following countries:
Afghanistan, Iran,
Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey
Label the following:
Tigris River, Euphrates River, Suez Canal,
Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, & Red Sea