SOUTHWEST ASIA MIDDLE EAST Human Environmental
SOUTHWEST ASIA MIDDLE EASTHuman Environmental Interaction
GA Geography Grade 7 As many of you learned in our introductory “Themes and EnduringUnderstandings” lessons for GA Geography Grade 7, students continuethe study of physical and cultural geography, focusing on the remainingregions of the world (not covered last year): Southwest Asia/Middle East,Africa, and Southern and Eastern Asia. For this lesson on SW Asia/ME Human Environmental Interaction, termsin bold text will be used to activate your schema of terms used lastyear. Many of these first terms relating to Human Environment Interactionshould be familiar, as you applied them in both Geography and EarthScience last year. I have links to web pages highlighted within the directions on slides as areading exercise, and as a beginner lesson in technology.Assignment: Journal p 14G6a G7a G7b SWA/ME Environment PPT Use your journal to complete short answer responses to boldquestions 1-10 and the BONUS. Skip a line between questions.
Human Environmental Interaction SW Asia (ME)GA StandardsSS7G6 The student will discuss environmental issues acrossSouthwest Asia (Middle East)a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of waterimpacts irrigation and drinking water.SS7G7 The student will explain the impact of location, climate,physical characteristics, distribution of natural resources, andpopulation distribution in Southwest Asia (Middle East)a. Explain how the distribution of oil has affected the development ofSouthwest Asia (Middle East)b. Explain how the deserts and rivers of Southwest Asia (MiddleEast) have affected the population in terms of where people live,the type of work they do, and how they travel.
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Review SW Asia/Middle East Political FeaturesSS7G5aTurkeyIraqIranAfghanistanIsraelSaudi ArabiaClick here foronline mappractice—ortimed challenge
Review SW Asia/Middle East Physical FeaturesSS7G5bGaza StripJordan RiverSuez CanalRed SeaEuphrates RiverTigris RiverPersian SeaStrait of HormuzArabian SeaClick here foronline practice
Find SW Asia/ME. 1. What classification(s) defines most of SW Asiaclimates? 2.What classification defines our region of Southwest GA?
3. Use two sentences to respond to the question: How could thepopulation density of SW Asia/ME be described using the map key ofthis graphic?
4. Use two sentences to respond to the question: Howare physical features of the land a factor impacting(changing) how people live in SW Asia/ME?
(Conservation—using techniques that make the best use of resources with theleast amount of waste, loss, injury or decay)5. In what way is this person practicing good conservation techniques?
Subsistence Agriculture (Subsistence Farming)Nearly all the crops or livestock made are used tofeed the family, with little extra; most are farmstended with hand tools and possibly an animal forplowing.6. Use one totwo sentencesto respond tothe question:What is meantby thisstatement—subsistencefarmers areattempting tomeet the basicsurvival needsof a family?
7. About what temperature range was recorded around thePersian Gulf on 21 Aug 2012?
SE Asia ME Water CrisisCauses Dry Land Dams decreasing availablewater downstream Drought (Little Rainfall) Population Growth Water use per person Agriculture (Farming andIrrigation) Overuse of land and fertilizers,leading to DesertificationSolutions Desalination Removing Saltfrom Seawater—Expensive! Alternative Water Sources(Storing rainwater, capturingwinter thaw from mountainsetc.) Importing Water (Buying fromanother country) Conservation (Saving Water) Treating Waste Water(Yummy) Decreasing chemical fertilizers Water resource distribution Alternative Energy Sources
DroughtExtended period of time without rainfall
Much of SW Asia/ME—arid or semi-arid withfew water sources
8. Do you think the people in this picture were offered any payment for ouropportunity to see into their culture (way of life of a group of people)?9. Should they have been?
Link to an Aquifer Recharge Map Series to answer the following:BONUS: Which region has a higher rate of aquifer recharge,southwest GA, USA, or SW Asia/Middle East?
An oasis—a small place where trees are able to grow andwhere people can live with grazing animals and a few crops
10. In which of these two countries, Turkey or Saudi Arabia,would an oasis more likely be found?
Water is unevenly distributed inSW Asia/Middle East, with much ofthe land being arid.Lack of water and WATER RIGHTS maylead to WATER WARS in the future.Countries like Turkey that place damsupstream decrease the water supply toothers countries in desperate need. Peopleare often displaced from their homelands.Conflict over water rights has also been anissue between the Jews and Arabs from thebeginning of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.Water is expected to become the mostvaluable resource of SW Asia, taking theplace of oil. Click on the interactive map link.Map of UN Partition Plan 1947for dividing the land ofPalestine between Palestinianand Jewish people
DAMSTurkey, Syria,Iraq, &IranHydroelectricPower—fromenergy ofmoving waterIndustryIrrigation ofcrops
Dams decrease the water supply, preventing rivers like the Tigris andEuphrates from flooding—nutrients no longer deposit on the soil asfertilizers—many farmers then use chemical fertilizers that eventuallybuild up in the soil as salts---soil becomes unusable for crops or animals
EfficientWastefulWATER CONSERVATIONISSUESDrip Irrigation (Bringing water toplants where needed)
Fossil Water (Paleowater)Water that has been sealed in underground aquifers(layers of rock) for long periods of time—once used cannotbe replaced by underground springs or rainfall(a nonrenewable resource)Also, radioactive particles(from the breakdown ofsandstone) have been foundin some of the water—theseparticles must be removedand safely disposed of.Does this look like aninexpensive or a long-termsolution to water needs?Pipes are put in place for aLibyan water transfer project.Link to fossil water article
SALINATION—Water or land may become saturated withsalt (also from overuse of fertilizers that leave salts in thesoil that lead to an increase in deserts—desertification)With so manypeople living onthe coastsbecause of aridland in theinterior, saltwater moves intowell watermaking itbrackish (freshwater mixes withsalt water).
Desalinationplant in SaudiArabiaProduces25,000,000 ormore gal/dayfresh waterSome processesfit for drinkingDesalination—Removes salt from seawaterProblem—A technology too expensive for most to affordUS has plants in Tampa Bay, FL and San Antonio, TX
Petroleum—Crude Oil Another resource unequallydistributed in SW Asia/ME Countries with oil havegreater access to resourcesand development Many countries have largepopulations living in povertywho suffer from the lack ofresources
Petroleum—an oily liquid that can be refinedinto gasoline and other fuels and oils—literally means “rock oil” of “oil form theearth” It was discovered in Iran in 1908 and a lotmore was found on the Arabian Peninsulaand around the Persian Gulf in the 1930’s. The Middle East became extremelyimportant as well as increasingly wealthy,especially as they gradually took control ofthe oil production for foreign entities. Crude oil gets drilled up from the groundand is transported either to refineries or totankers. The refineries refine the oil into otherproducts, e.g. gasoline, kerosene, diesel,and others. The oil tankers transport the oil from SWAsia to other places, such as Texas City.PETROLEUM—CRUDE OIL
OPECOrganization of PetroleumExporting CountriesOPEC was formed byoil producing nationsof the world as aninternationalconfederation forinfluencing the priceof oil in world marketsthrough control of thesupply.
What information does the graphic show? Create notes that list the membersand crude oil reserve percentages for each country. Which four members havethe largest reserves?Read more about the organization, members and mission of OPEC.
SupertankersKnock Nevis 1504 feet long, 226 feet wide sits 80 feet in the water fullyloaded weighs 1,428,496,250pounds can carry 127,100,000gallons of oil so big, she can’tnavigate the PanamaCanal, the Suez Canal,or even the EnglishChannel
Oil spill of theExxon Valdez in1989
Plate Tectonics impacting the SW Asia/ME region
Plate Tectonics impacting the SW Asia/ME region
To answer the question, “How often do earthquakes occur in the region?,”click on the Seismic Monitor image or here to link to an interactive map.
To completeoverview and reviewSW Asia/Middle Eastclick here
Resources SW Asia/Middle EastHuman Environmental InteractionFossil ent/World's Chttp://www.opec.org/opec web/en/17.htmEarthquakes and volcanic activityhttp://www.iris.edu/seismon/Map hy.htmhttp://www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu /western asia map.htm
regions of the world (not covered last year): Southwest Asia/Middle East, Africa, and Southern and Eastern Asia. For this lesson on SW Asia/ME Human Environmental Interaction, terms in bold text will be used to activate your schema of terms used last year. Many of th
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7th grade- Unit 4- Origins of Modern Southwest Asia (Middle East) Elaborated Unit Focus Historical events have shaped many aspects of Southwest Asia. The Middle East is the birthplace of three of the world’s major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All share the common belief in one God, the God of Abraham.
Africa, Southwest Asia (Middle East), Southern and Eastern Asia Seventh grade is the second year of a two-year World Area Studies course. Seventh grade students study Africa and Asia. The goal of this two-year course is to acquaint middle school students with the world in which they live. The geography domain includes both physical and
the empire that controlled much of Southwest Asia until the end of World war I; an empire founded in 1299 by Ottoman Turks; at one time it stretched from Asia Minor to southern Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia example The ottoman empire was a powerful empire for several hundred years.
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