1. Monday, August 27, 2018
Agenda Message: Last week’s E.Q.’s & Warm-ups will be available on the website this afternoon. Deadline for spiral notebooks is Friday.
STANDARD:
Locate selected geographic features in SWA
including rivers, seas, gulfs, oceans, straits, and canal.
Essential Question for Monday August 27, 2018: What is the most prominent land mass in the SWA? What does it look like?
Warm-Up: What is the environment of SWA like on a daily basis?.
TODAY WE WILL:
Introduction to SWA geography

2. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Monday August 27, 2018: The Arabian Peninsula. It is shaped like a boot or foot. Warm-Up Answer: Hot & dry

3. Europe
North America
Asia
Africa
South America
Australia
Antarctica

4. Our area of study this year.
Eastern
Hemisphere:
Our area of study this year.
Western Hemisphere:
Where we live

5. MIDDLE EAST

6. The “Middle” East
Europe
Asia
Africa

8. Agenda Message for Tuesday August 28, 2018:
Location & Maps Vocabulary Make-up Quiz is Thursday
available for anyone who failed the first attempt.
Standard: Locate selected features in SWA
Essential Question for Tuesday, August 28, 2018:
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.

9. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Tuesday August 28, 2018: 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Agenda Message for Wednesday, August 29, 2018:
Make-up Vocabulary Quiz is tomorrow. Monthly Social
Studies Progress Reports go home Friday!
Standard: Locate selected geographic features in SWA including rivers, seas, gulfs, oceans, straits, and canal. Locate the countries of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Turkey, & Afghanistan on a map of SWA.
Essential Question for Wednesday August 29th:
Name the two largest rivers in SWA. Together what are they called?
Warm-Up:
In your own words, describe the shape of the Arabian Peninsula?
TODAY WE WILL:
1. Label and color our Political Maps of SWA regarding bodies of water
and countries

15. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Wednesday August 29, 2018: The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Together they form what is called the “Fertile Crescent”. Warm-Up Answer: It looks like a foot or a boot.

16. 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

17. 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

18. Agenda Message for Thursday, August 30, 2018:
Vocabulary Make-up Quiz is Today. Monthly Social Studies Progress Reports go home Friday.
Standard: Location affects a society’s economy, culture, and development.
Essential Question for Thursday August 30, 2018:
What is the United States #1 economic interest in SWA?
Warm-Up:
What is the Fertile Crescent?
TODAY WE WILL:
Finish labeling & coloring Political Maps of SWA

19. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Thursday August 30, 2018: The U.S. governments #1 economic interest in SWA is maintaining the free flow of oil (petroleum) to the world’s economies. Warm-Up Answer: The Tigris & Euphrates River valleys are together known as the Fertile Crescent.

20. Agenda Message for Friday August 31, 2018:
Monthly Social Studies Progress Reports go home
TODAY! Return Tuesday, signed by parents for a
Homework grade of “100”.
Standard: Location affects a society’s economy, culture, and development.
Essential Question for Friday August 31st: Where do most people tend to live?
Warm-Up: What is the United States #1 economic interest in SWA?
TODAY WE WILL:
1. Review how humans, their society and the environment affect each other in SWA.
2. Review Geography & Political Maps of SWA

21. ANSWERS E.Q. Answer for Friday August 31, 2018:
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.