Unit 11: Chapter 21 “Harsh and Arid Lands”

Chapter 22 “Religion, Politics, and Oil”

The Nomads of Oil

� Reference Maps pgs. 479-483, (Use the Atlases as well. pg. 80 in the small, 164 in big)

� Statistics: pg. 484-485

Reading Assignments: (If you plan on taking the post-test quizzes for extra credit, you should read.)

Chapter 21 pg. 486-499 and Chapter 20 pg. 502-521

Case Studies: (Answer the Questions at the End of Each of These or follow the instructions given.)

Reading a Vegetation Map pg. 494

Comparing Cultures: Religious Architecture pg. 508-509 (Follow the instructions under GeoActivity,

except do it individually. The model or diagram should explain the interior of a house of worship for

one of the major religions and should be a major part of your brochure. Please include 4-5 pictures.)

Growing Up in Israel pg. 514 (Create a one page handout that shows what life would be like for an

Israeli through the age of 18.)

Disasters! Earthquake in Turkey pg. 520-521 (Choose a major earthquake and show how damaging it

was in 4-5 pictures. Please include the Richter scale and Epicenter as a part of your information and

how much money in damage it did.)

Vocabulary: (Be able to define and use it)

wadi

oasis

salt flat

drip irrigation

desalinization

fossil water

crude oil

refinery

mosque

theocratic

Muhammad

OPEC

Western Wall

Dome of the Rock

Zionism Palestine Liberation Organization

(PLO)

Mesopotamia

Sunni

Shi’ite

Taliban

Map Mastery (Be able to place them on a map of the region)

Lecture Topics:

� Islam: The Five Pillars

� Oil and Water: The Economics of the Middle

East

Physical Human

Rub Al-Khali Gaza Strip

Red Sea West Bank

Persian Gulf Dead Sea

Tigris River Anatolia

Euphrates River Jordan River

Zagros Mountains Arabian Sea

Golan Heights Syrian Desert

Hindu Kush

Mediterranean Sea

All the Countries (16 Countries) Mesopotamia (Cradle of Western Civilization)

Mecca

Medina

Jerusalem

Istanbul

Beirut

Interesting Sites for more info: A balanced view of the

Arab/Israeli conflict can be viewed at:

http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/

An explanation by BBC of the split in Islam.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/

sunnishia_1.shtml

Eastern Mediterranean Map

The Persian Gulf and Interior Map