1. April 4, 2017
Agenda
• Finish Big Map
• Major Religions
• Major Themes
Warm-up
• How did European involvement in Southwest Asia impact the region after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire? (SS7H2a)
Homework: review today’s material

2. Political borders were decided by European powers without consideration of the religious and historic connections in the region.

3. Milestone Unit: Milestone Review
1.7thgrade Standards
2.Big Map
3.Warmup (4/3 – 4/7)
4. Major Religions
5. Major Themes
6. Important People
7. History of SWA
8. History of Africa
9. Gov. Terms
10. Gov. Systems

4. God
Abraham
No known founder
Church
Mosque
Allah
Confucius
The Buddha
Torah
Bible
various spirits called Kami
Temple
Jesus
Muhammad
Vedas
Escape from suffering.
Know your place and do your duty.
Worship the spirits in nature.
Faith in Jesus will bring you salvation.
Good karma will reward you for doing the right thing.
Submit to the will of Allah, the one true god.
Obey the Commandments of God.
Answer bank for Religions Chart

5. Symbol Founder Holy Book Place of Worship Name of deity/God
Catchphrase
Judaism
Abraham
Torah
Synagogue
God
Obey the Commandments of God.
Christianity
Jesus
Bible
Church
Faith in Jesus will bring you salvation.
Islam
Muhammad
Qur’an
Mosque
Allah
Submit to the will of Allah, the one true god.
Hinduism
No known founder
Vedas
Temple
Bramha and various other names
Good karma will reward you for doing the right thing.
Buddhism
The Buddha
Tiptitaka - “Three Baskets”
no gods
Escape from suffering.
Confucianism
Confucius
Various books written by Confucius
none
none– it’s a philosophy, not a religion
Know your place and do your duty.
Shinto
Kojiki & Nihon Shoki
Shrine
various spirits called Kami
Worship the spirits in nature.

6. The Sunni –Shia Split
The two major sects of Islam are Sunni and Shia. They divided after Muhammad died, because there was a disagreement over who should become the leader of Islam.

7. Major Ethnic Groups Group Where they live? The language they speak
The religion most of them follow.
Arabs
Southwest Asia & North Africa
Arabic
mostly Islam, but also some Jews and Christians
Persians
Iran
Farsi
mainly Shia Islam
Kurds
Mountains of Turkey, Iran, and Northern Iraq
Kurdish
Sunni Islam
Bantu
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa
traditional religions with ancestor worship
Ashanti
West Africa in Ghana
Twi
Traditional animism and ancestor worship
Swahili
Eastern Coast of Africa
Kiswahili –the international language of Africa
Islam

8. 7th Grade Social Studies
Major Themes in
7th Grade Social Studies

9. Major themes for Social Studies
The Europeans made a mess of Africa and Southwest Asia by partitioning with artificial political borders.
Trade is good.
Specialization leads to trade.
Nationalism leads to independence.
The U.S. tried to contain the spread of communism during the cold war.

10. Low GDP & Standard of Living
Conflict & Civil Wars
Artificial Borders
Unequal distribution of resources
Unstable Government
Low GDP & Standard of Living
Low Literacy rate
Unstable Government
Diseases like HIV / AIDS
More Entrepreneurship & Trade
Investing in Capital Goods
Investing in Human Capital $
High GDP

11. History Quick Hits Southwest Asia
When the ________________ Empire lost World War I, their land was divided or _________________________ by Britain and France. The _______________ borders the Europeans created set the stage for conflict between different ethnic and religious groups.
Jews established the state of ______________ for 4 reasons
They had a __________________ connection to the land, because they believe that God gave it to Abraham.
The __________________ movement encouraged Jews to return to their homeland.
___________________________ in Europe made them feel unsafe
6 million of them were killed in the ___________________

12. History Quick Hits Africa
In the late 1800s, Europeans ___________ nearly all of Africa. They divided up the continent using _________ borders.
___________ movements and _____-Africanism encouraged people in different African countries to seek independence from their European rulers.
Many countries in Africa still suffer from the effects of European colonialism. Their problems include:
_____________ governments
________ wars
Diseases like _________
Poor access to ____________

13. Daily Closing
•Why would the USA want to remove the Taliban government from Afghanistan? (SS7H2d)