Iraq Map Activities

Iraq is located in the Middle East.

What city is the capital of Iraq ? Baghdad

Name two major rivers in Iraq. Euphrates River and Tigris River

What country borders Iraq to the north ? Turkey North

What country borders Iraq to the northwest ? Syria Syria North West

What country borders Iraq to the west ? Jordan Jordan North West

What country borders Iraq to the southwest ? Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia North West South

What country borders Iraq to the southeast ? Kuwait Kuwait North West South East

What country borders Iraq to the east ? Iran Iran North West South East

What body of water borders Iraq to the southeast ? Persian Gulf Persian Gulf North West South East

Use the worksheet for slide 13 to label the Iraq Map~~ Study the worksheet after you complete it. Learn to spell all the Learn to spell all the places too. places too.

Study this map. Be able to label all the countries and 3 bodies of water on this map. Jordan Euphrates River Tigris River Persian Gulf

Get out a piece of paper and write your name and date on it.

Answer these questions about this map. 1.Name two rivers that run through Iraq. 2.List 6 countries that border Iraq. 3.What is the capital city of Iraq ? 4.What body of water is southeast of Iraq ? 5.Where is Mosul located in Iraq ?

Why is Iraq in the News ? Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims

This is Maliki. He is the Prime Minister of Iraq. He is a Shiite Muslim. There are three groups of people who live in Iraq. SunniShiite & Kurds

The Kurds are group in Iraq who live in the mountains. They are located in this region and are the United States’ friends in this country. Find out more about these people in Iraq.

ISIS just invaded Iraq in June 2014 from Syria. ISIS means: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (ISIS), They are Sunni Muslims. They are a terrorist group more violent than Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda group.

There are many Sunni Muslims in Iraq. Sunni Muslims are not all terrorist. Sunni Muslims in Iraq have not been treated well by Shiite Prime Minster Maliki so they are angry. Sunni Muslims in Iraq have not been treated well by Shiite Prime Minster Maliki so they are angry. They don’t like ISIS, but they don’t like Maliki either.

So ISIS might convince other Sunni groups in Iraq to join in the fight.!

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader of ISIS. In 2005, Baghdadi was arrested by U.S. forces and placed in an American-run detention facility in Iraq, Camp Bucca. The military did not consider him particularly dangerous, and the Americans let him go when the camp closed in As he left, he reportedly told guards, “I’ll see you guys in New York.” The U.S. guards did not consider his parting words a threat.

President Obama released 5 top terrorists in June 2014 from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Will these five Taliban leaders join the battlefield again and will we live to regret this decision too ? For Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who walked off his post in Afghanistan and was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan and held for almost five years a prisoner. Many Americans didn’t like this trade.

On July 6,2014 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first public appearance. He proclaimed himself the head of a caliphate state and demanded that all Muslims around the world pledge allegiance to him. He has called on Muslims to come to the territory his group has seized to help build an Islamic state, declaring: 'The earth is Allah's.' A caliphate is an Islamic state led by a supreme religious and political leader.

Terrorist groups are a threat to our country. Iraq is so far away; so why is this important to YOU ? IRAQ WHY ?

Watch what is going on in Iraq. Bring in Current Events about Iraq.

Don’t forget to watch the news each night and keep informed about what is happening in Iraq and other parts of the world ! Get your whole family watching the news together. Discuss the news with your family and tell them what you are learning at school.

Read the news ! If your family gets a newspaper, read the news. Cut out articles in the newspaper about Iraq and bring them in to share with others in your class. Read the news on the Internet. Find articles about Iraq and share them with your family and at school. The younger you start; the more you will know.

Don’t let yourself be deceived by facts that are not true. Become an educated voter by checking out the facts you hear and read in the news each day.

Watch the news on more than one channel to get a full view.

Record all the Sunday News programs and watch them with your family during the week. You will learn so much and get different perspectives on the news.

Don’t let someone pull the wool over your eyes. Use the Internet to check facts out if you think someone has gotten the facts wrong. Use the Internet to check facts out if you think someone has gotten the facts wrong. Make sure your opinions can be backed up with accurate facts. Make sure your opinions can be backed up with accurate facts. Become an expert on the news and learn all you can. AND~~~

Learn to debate subjects. Without getting angry.

Always back up your points with~~ true facts. true facts. Not false facts~~~~ Which are also known as lies.

Use facts when debating a topic not your emotional feelings.

An opinion is~~~ Recognize the difference in facts and opinions. Recognize the difference in facts and opinions. a personal view a personal view a personal attitude a personal attitudeRemember~~ Facts can be proven true. Facts can be proven true.

By being well informed.

We live in an exceptional country ! With freedom of the speech~~ and freedom of the press. And with information at our finger tips. Take advantage of it !

This Power Point was created by~~ Sherry Hallam Copyright 2014 Creative Commons License