1. SS7G7 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, Distribution of natural resources and population distribution on Southwest Asia (Middle East).
a. Explain how the distribution of oil has affected the development of Southwest Asia (Middle East).
b. Describe how the deserts and rivers of Southwest Asia (Middle East) have affected the population in terms of where people live, the type of work they do, and how they travel.
Day 5
You may Focus on the Standard as a group, in small groups, or individually. Have TAG students add their own element based on the standard. What is missing? Climate.
Talk through Human Environmental Interaction- slides 13-17
Formative Assessment on Maps- 10 questions. “Middle East Geography Formative Assessment 1’

2. Human-Environmental Interaction
DESERTS
RIVERS
Where people live
-Not a favorable area
-people live in cities since the discovery of oil
-Oasis, near a water source
-Huts (goat-haired tents)
-Food hard to find
-Farming –able to irrigate
-Good food source, crops and fish
-Can bath and drink the water -easier to live in the area
Occupation
-Goat Herding
-Oil/ Construction
-Move to cities to work
-fishing
-farming
-trade/ Merchants
-shipping
Transportation
-Camel
-ATV (All Terrain Vehicle)
-Boats

3. Day 6
This could be a warm-up
See Population Density of the Middle East map for answer. (Word doc on server)
Where do you think the people of the Middle East originally settled? Why?
How do you think this pattern may have changed over time? Why?

4. Climate Climate Type Temperature Precipitation Vegetation
Middle Eastern Examples
Arid
Little variation (typically hot)
Very low/ dry
(<10in/yr)
Desert- like
Scarce/sparse
Most of the Middle East has an arid climate
Temperate
Seasonal variation
Moderate
Forests (moderate)
Rare- Israel
Tropical
Little variation
(could be about 70 degrees yr round)
Very high/ wet
Tropical rain forests or “jungle”
No examples in the Middle East
Climate

5. The Middle East: Natural Vegetation

6. You can get a climagraph of any Middle Eastern country at the following website:
Typically Bar graph part refers to rain (remember you get a drink at a bar- wet- rain). Line graph is temperature.

7. What are two of the most important natural resources in the Middle East?
Why?
EQ- What are two of the most important natural resources in the Middle East?
Why?
Natural Resources

8. The Natural Resources of the Middle East