Packet Six, Southwest Asia

Essential Questions

1. How does the variety in the physical landforms in Southwest Asia affect the ways in which people there live?

2. How do the petroleum deposits in the region affect the people?

3. How do religious conflicts in the area affect the people?

Description 

We are going to take a very brief look at the nations in the region, their current conflicts, and their modern history. More than any other part of the world the internal conflicts and natural resources of Southwest Asia affect the entire planet.

Objectives

Students will identify and describe the key vocabulary words and essential questions relating to Southwest Asia.

Instructions

See the printed assignment for the first part of this packet.

For the second part of this packet you will create a cultural profile. You will probably want to work with a partner on this.

Online Files for this Assignment

To view the video about Jerusalem we used in class, click here.

To view a series of very good maps of Southwest Asia, click here.

The open the information packets about religions click on the following links.

This is an excellent place to look for geographic facts about Saudi Arabia. Don't give up on this one. Keep looking and reading.

Below are links to information about the world's three largest monotheistic religions. The first link will go to an explanation of some basic information about the religion. The second and third links will go to information about holy sites and practices of that religion. The class will end up using all nine links.

Click here to view the Oasis travels video.

Click here to open the video about Mecca.

Religion links are shown below

Islam, One, Two, Three

Judaism, One, Two, Three

Christianity, One, Two, Three

Culture links are shown below

Persian Culture, One

Bedouin Culture, One

Arab Culture, One

Armenian Culture, One

Geography of Southwest Asia, One, Two

World Oil Production Data

World Oil Consumption Data

World Population Data

Ranking of nations by area

This packet includes four parts. the first three are linked below this line.
The fourth one will be the oil production and consumption chart data you collect and create.

1. Click here to open a copy of the map skills for this packet.

2. Click here for the crossword puzzle about Saudi Arabia.

3. Click here to open a copy of the study guide for Within These Walls.

4. This assignment also includes the oil data comparisons we created in class.
   There is no copy of it here. It will include the oil production and consumption charts, the calculation you created in class about oil production per square mile in one of the nations we studied, and your write up about what you learned from the comparisons. You will be using the chart creation skills we practiced in class.