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Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Graphic Organizer Questions about West Asia with the Five Themes of Geography Location Where are things located in West Asia? Region Place How can West Asia be divided into regions for study? What makes places in West Asia different from other places? Movement What are the West Asian patterns of movement of people, products, and information? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Five Themes of Geography Human/ Environment Interaction What are the relationships among people and places? Page 1 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Big Ideas Card Big Ideas of Lesson 1, Unit 3 1. The five themes of geography include location, place, region, movement, and human/environment interaction. 2. The five themes of geography are a structure for studying the people, places, and cultures of the world. 3. Regions are a way to organize geographic information about the world. 4. Regions can be based on physical, historical, or cultural characteristics. 5. The geography of a region can be studied from the global, interregional, regional and local scales. 6. West Asia is one region in this part of the world. 7. Human/environment interaction happens when people adapt to and change the environment when drought, earthquakes, flooding and other natural disasters occur. Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 2 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Word Cards 1. five themes of geography 2. location five big ideas that help people understand geography the geographic theme that relates to where a place can be found Example: The five themes of geography can be used to help us to better understand a place. Example: We can find the location of a place by using a globe, a map or directions. (SS070301) (SS070301) 3. place 4. region the geographic theme that answers the question “What is it like there?” an area with one or more common features, a geographic theme Example: Geographers use the theme of ‘place’ to describe what an area is like. Example: The Upper Peninsula can be one region of Michigan. (SS070301) (SS070301) 5. movement 6. human/environment interaction the geographic theme that explains how and why people, goods and ideas move ways in which people use and interact with the Earth, a geographic theme Example: The theme of movement helps us understand how places are connected to other places. (SS070301) Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Example: When people build new roads they are interacting with the Earth. (SS070301) Page 3 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 World Map Regions Region Possibilities 1.________________________ 2,________________________ 3.________________________ 4.________________________ Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 4 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Asia Map Regions Region Possibilities 1.________________________ 3.________________________ 2,________________________ 4.________________________ Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 5 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 India Map Regions Region Possibilities 1.________________________ 3.________________________ 2,________________________ 4.________________________ Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 6 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Five Themes of Geography Activity Location Where are things located in West Asia? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 7 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Region How can West Asia be divided into regions for study? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 8 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Place What makes places in West Asia different from other places? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 9 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Human/Environment Interaction What are the relationships between people and places in West Asia? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 10 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Movement What are the patterns of movement of people, products, and information in West Asia? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 11 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 Five Themes of Geography Activity Countries of West Asia (Cut names apart and distribute, 25 countries plus 6 extras) Afghanistan Bahrain Iran Jordan Lebanon Pakistan Sri Lanka Turkmenistan Yemen India Pakistan Israel Armenia Bangladesh Iraq Kazakhstan Nepal Qatar Syria United Arab Emirates Azerbaijan India Israel Kuwait Oman Saudi Arabia Turkey Uzbekistan India Iran Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Iraq Nepal Five Themes of Geography of West Asia (Cut themes apart and distribute) Location Location Place Place Region Region Movement Movement Location Location Place Place Region Region Movement Movement Location Location Place Place Region Region Movement Movement Human/Environment Interaction Human/Environment Interaction Human/Environment Interaction Human/Environment Interaction Human/Environment Interaction Human/Environment Interaction Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 12 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 West Asia “I have… Who has…?” game Cut the strips apart and distribute one to each student. Keep one for yourself. To start the game, read the question on your paper, “Who has…?” Whoever has the correct answer responds and then reads their question. This continues until all the questions have been read. (Notes: The answers follow the questions on the next slip, so keep an uncut copy as an answer key to check the students’ answers. Suggest to the students that they research the “I have…” part of their slip to be ready to answer their question.) I have monotheism. Who has an island country off the southeast coast of India? I have Sri Lanka. Who has the two longest rivers in India? I have the Brahmaputra River and the Indus River. Who has the famous mosque in Istanbul Turkey? I have the Hagia Sophia. Who has the capital of Syria, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities? I have Damascus. Who has the country with the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? I have Iraq. Who has the country where nearly 90% of the people are Shia Muslims? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 13 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 I have Iran. Who has a landlocked country east of Iran? I have Afghanistan. Who has the Uzbekistan’s major cash crop? I have cotton. Who has the country with Mt. Everest, the mountain in the world? I have Nepal. Who has the sea south of Iran and Pakistan? I have I have the Arabian Sea. Who has the seasonal winds of India and South Asia? I have monsoons. Who has the beautiful tomb built for a beloved wife in Agra, India? I have the Taj Mahal. Who has the word for a large landmass that is part of a continent? India is often called this. I have subcontinent. Who has the name for a local marketplace in Southwest Asia? I have bazaar. Who has an Islamic house of worship? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 14 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 I have a mosque. Who has a storm with high winds and heavy rains? I have a cyclone. Who has a nomadic desert people of Southwest Asia who follow a traditional way of life? I have Bedouin. Who has a farm product grown for export? I have cash crop. Who has the term for a country that has limited industry, where agriculture is important and incomes are generally low? I have developing country. Who has the large inland sea that was drying up due to irrigation in the 1960s? I have the Aral Sea. Who has the rich mineral deposits in Kazakhstan that are used to make fertilizers? I have phosphates. Who has the largest lake north of Ian in West Asia that is called a sea? I have the Caspian Sea. Who has the lowest point in this region, at 1,312 feet below sea level located in Israel and Jordan? I have the Dead Sea. Who has the energy resource that has made many countries in this region rich? Michigan Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum www.micitizenshipcurriculum.org Page 15 of 16 July 9, 2009 Seventh Grade Social Studies Unit 3: West Asia: People, Places, and Issues SS070301 Lesson 1 I have petroleum. Who has the city often called the ‘Old City’ that has important holy sites of Jews, Christians, and Muslims? I have Jerusalem. Who has the capital city that is located in both Asia and Europe? It was once called Constantinople. I have Istanbul. Who has the narrow gap between mountains in the Hindu Kush mountain range? I have the Khyber Pass. Who has the practice that has reduced the number of sturgeon in the Caspian Sea? I have poaching. Who has the ancient name of Iraq? I have Mesopotamia. Who has the name for the form of religion that means belief in one God? Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all this type of religion. 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