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World History – Mrs. Schenck
Geography: Mesopotamia / Middle East Today
EQ: How does geography influence the way people live, move, and define regions!
Your Life
Early Humans Before Farming
Directions: All final labels on the map MUST BE DARK! All other shading should be in colored
pencil. Labels must be large and LEGIBLE - if you cannot read it, then you cannot study from it.
Present Day Middle East Map: Use page 80 in the CLASS ATLASES or any online atlas/map.
Label the following items on the map:
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Afghanistan
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
(UAE)
o Yemen
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Arabian Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
o Euphrates River
o Nile River
o Tigris River
o Baghdad
o Ur (ancient city)
o Zagros Mountains
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Shade all the water
(including rivers) lightly
in blue.
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Shade the area of the
ancient Fertile Crescent
lightly in green.
Use the in class readings to answer the following questions.
1.2 Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
1. The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was known as the Fertile Crescent. Describe it.
2. The rivers flow through parts of ________________________, ________________________, and
_______________________________. They empty into the ____________________________.
3. Regular flooding of the rivers deposits silt. What is silt, and what does it do for the soil?
4. How do farmers use the rivers to water their crops?
PAST:
TODAY:
5. Most of Iraq’s population lives between the two rivers, and Iraq’s capital, _____________________,
lies on the Tigris River.
1.3 The Arabian Peninsula
6. What seas border the Arabian Peninsula?
7. What countries make up the Arabian Peninsula?
8. Which Arabian Desert is almost as large as Texas? __________________________________
9. What natural resource supports life on the Arabian Peninsula? _______________________________
10. _______________% of the world’s known petroleum reserves are on the Arabian Peninsula.
MIDDLE EAST TODAY:
How did geography influence the way
people lived, moved, and defined regions
in ancient Mesopotamia?