30 Engaging Task Cards!
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Teacher Info – Southwest Asia’s
Geography Gallery Walk
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Print and cut out the 30 task cards. (You may wish to laminate them so that you
can use them again next year. Also, to save ink, you may want to print in black
and white.) Tape the cards around your classroom & hallway, spacing them out
so that they aren’t too close together.
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Project the directions slide onto the board and give each student a response
sheet. (I recommend printing front & back so that it’s 1 page.) Discuss the
Gallery Walk rules with your students: 1-2 students per card, whispering only (or
no talking at all), walk from card to card, plus any other expectations that you
have in your classroom.
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The students will move around the room and record their answers to the task
cards onto their response sheets. When finished, they should return to their
desks.
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Name: __________________________
Political
Map
Physical
Map
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Name: __________________________
Question
Response
17. Describe Southwest Asia’s climate:
18. Which country relies on desalination plants for its citizens’ drinking
water?
19. A man-made structure that connects Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea:
20. Country that has fought military battles over rights to Jordan River:
21. What does the Strait of Hormuz connect?
22. Much of the world’s oil supply is shipped through this narrow
waterway:
23. Much of the interior of Southwest Asia is:
24. What are Southwest Asia’s 3 major water issues?
25. What two rivers flow through Iraq?
26.Why is the Suez Canal important to international shipping?
27. Small territory that has been a source of dispute between Israel and
its neighbors for many years:
28. This river is the key water source for Israel, Lebanon, and Syria:
29. Decades of war has damaged this country’s water treatment
facilities:
30. Over the last 50 years, people have been leaving the nomadic life to
live here:
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7. Euphrates River
9. Tigris River
6. Turkey
15. Gaza Strip
10. Suez Canal
11. Persian
Gulf
1. Afghanistan
5. Iraq
12. Strait of
Hormuz
8. Jordan River
3. Iran
2. Israel
14. Red Sea
4. Saudi Arabia
13. Arabian
Sea
Political
Map
Physical
Map
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Question
Response
16.Pollution from oil spills pollute this country’s oil supply:
B. Turkey
17. Describe Southwest Asia’s climate:
A. Hot and dry
18. Which country relies on desalination plants for its citizens’
drinking water?
C. Saudi Arabia
19. A man-made structure that connects Mediterranean Sea
to Red Sea:
B. Suez Canal
20. Country that has fought military battles over rights to
Jordan River:
A. Israel
21. What does the Strait of Hormuz connect?
D. Persian Gulf & Red Sea
22. Much of the world’s oil supply is shipped through this
narrow waterway:
D. Strait of Hormuz
23. Much of the interior of Southwest Asia is:
A. Desert
24. What are Southwest Asia’s 3 major water issues?
A. Water shortages, unequal distribution, pollution
25. What two rivers flow through Iraq?
C. Tigris & Euphrates
26.Why is the Suez Canal important to international shipping?
C. It makes it possible to get from the Mediterranean to
the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.
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Question
Response
27. Small territory that has been a source of dispute between
Israel and its neighbors for many years:
A. Gaza Strip
28. This river is the key water source for Israel, Lebanon,
and Syria:
C. Jordan River
29. Decades of war has damaged this country’s water
treatment facilities:
D. Iraq
30. Over the last 50 years, people have been leaving the
nomadic life to live here:
C. Cities
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• During our Gallery Walk, you will move around the room and
answer the questions on the task cards. You will write your
responses on your recording sheet.
• Only 1-2 people can work on a card at a time, so if there are too
many people, please find another card.
• You don’t need to talk for this activity, but if you need to
discuss a card or get ideas from a neighbor, please whisper.
• If you are being silly, I will ask you to return to your desk.
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Which country is located at #1 on
the political map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which country is located at #2 on
the political map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which country is located at #3 on
the political map? Please label it on
your paper.
4
Which country is located at #4 on
the political map? Please label it on
your paper.
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4
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Which country is located at #5 on
the political map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which country is located at #6 on
the political map? Please label it on
your paper.
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5
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Which river is located at #7 on the
physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which river is located at #8 on the
physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which river is located at #9 on the
physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which feature is located at #10 on
the physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which feature is located at #11 on
the physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which feature is located at #12 on
the physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which feature is located at #13 on
the physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which feature is located at #14 on
the physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Which feature is located at #15 on
the physical map? Please label it on
your paper.
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Pollution from oil spills on the
Black Sea contaminate this
country’s water supply:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Israel
Iran
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Which best describes the climate
of much of Southwest Asia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Hot and dry
Windy and cold
Tropical and rainy
Moderate and cool
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Because of its harsh climate, which
country has to rely on desalination
plants to provide most of its citizens’
drinking water?
A man-made structure that
connects the Mediterranean Sea
to the Red Sea:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Israel
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Syria
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Which country has fought military
battles over water rights to the
Jordan River?
Israel
Iran
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Persian Gulf
Panama Canal
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Which are connected by the Strait
of Hormuz?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Red Sea & Arabian Sea
Mediterranean Sea & Persian
Gulf
Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea
Persian Gulf & Arabian Sea 21
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Much of the world’s oil supply is
shipped through this narrow
waterway:
Because mountains block winds
coming from the oceans, much of
the interior of Southwest Asia is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Jordan River
Strait of Hormuz
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What are three major water problems in
Southwest Asia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Water shortages, unequal
distribution, pollution
Flooding, pollution, dams
Too much ground water, aquifers,
pollution
Water shortages, flooding,
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pollution
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Desert
Grassland
Fertile farmland
Full of lakes
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What rivers are like twin rivers
flowing through Turkey and
Iraq?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Jordan and Tigris
Jordan and Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
Red and Jordan
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Why is the Suez Canal so important to
international shipping?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It allows ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.
It connects the Jordan River to the Persian
Gulf, making it cheaper to ship oil to other
parts of Southwest Asia.
It makes it possible to get from the
Mediterranean to the Red Sea without sailing
around Africa.
It is Iraq’s only waterway to the Persian 26
Gulf.
This small territory has been a
source of dispute between Israel
and its neighbors for many years:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gaza Strip
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Suez Canal
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This river is the key water
source for Israel, Lebanon, and
Syria:
Decades of war has damaged this
country’s water treatment
facilities:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Jordan River
Suez Canal
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Turkey
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
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Over the last 50 years, people
have been leaving the nomadic
life to live here:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oases
Farms
Cities
villages
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