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GeoFacts Middle East and Introduction to Asia. GeoFacts. Agenda 11/1/2010 EQ: What are Iran and Iraq like today? GeoFacts Reading Iraq, Syria and Lebanon pages 108-110 Continue guided reading notes HW: Current Events due 11/3 and Choice Board 11/9/2010.
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GeoFacts Agenda 11/1/2010 EQ: What are Iran and Iraq like today? GeoFacts Reading Iraq, Syria and Lebanon pages 108-110 Continue guided reading notes HW: Current Events due 11/3 and Choice Board 11/9/2010 • What region in the Middle East was once known as the “cradle of civilization”?
Answer • Iraq which is mostly desert and home to the fertile rivers the Tigris and Euphrates.
GeoFacts • Which country has a Parliamentary Democracy with a president and a prime minister? Agenda 11/3/2010 EQ: Who are the major ethnic groups in the Middle East today? GeoFacts Continue reading and notes-review Iraq and Iran and PPT. Finish up reading about nations and move onto ethnic groups. TURN IN AND SIGN ON CURRENT EVENTS TODAY. HW: Study for last ME map quiz and finish up Choice Board Activities.
Answer • Iraq
GeoFacts Agenda 11/4/2010 EQ: How are the ethnic groups different in the Middle East today? GeoFacts Continue reading and guided notes finishing up chapter 5 and 6. Fill out World Nations Chart HW: Study for the map quiz, finish up Choice Board Activities/ • What is the difference in a religious group and an ethnic group???
Answer • Ethnicity is something that you are born with- it cannot be changed. Religion is a belief system that can change.
GeoFacts Agenda 11/5/2010 EQ: What environmental issues are facing the Middle East today? GeoFacts Middle East Map Quiz 8 Finish notes and guided reading. HW: Finish up Choice Board Activities • What environmental issues are facing the Middle East today?
Answer • Water pollution, extraction of oil and other natural resources are effecting the Middle East today.