Physical Geography
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Social Studies
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9th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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8 Slides • 6 Questions
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Unit 1: Physical Geography
Objective: Analyze the physical geography of SWANA using the 5 Themes of Geography
Essential Question: How does geography affect where people live?
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Location- where a place or region is located on Earth
SWANA is located Southeast of Europe, and West of Asia
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Open Ended
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Place- Describes location
Physical Characteristics: The way a location looks: landforms, landmarks, or bodies of water that are SPECIFIC to that location!
Example: The Sahara Desert
Human Characteristics: –All the ways to describe a person or people, including their way of life, values and beliefs specific to THAT place.
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Multiple Choice
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Region- Places with similar characteristics
SWANA is considered a region, as these nations share similar arid/desert climate, natural resources, religion, language, and cultural history, and ethnic groups
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This region also shares a very important natural resource- can you guess it?
Oil! Most of the world’s oil can be found in this region. Many nations in SWANA depend on oil to economically survive.
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Open Ended
Looking at this map, what problems do you predict this region having due to dry climate and drought?
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Human/Environment Interaction
Because of the climate, there is a lack of freshwater, humans adapt to and/or modify their environment to survive. Technology is vital to the livelihood of these nations!
Example:
Desalination- The process of removing salt and minerals from seawater to make it safe for drinking and watering crops
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Multiple Select
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Movement
How people, goods, and ideas move from place to place
Example: Cargo ships move oil out of the Persian Gulf
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Multiple Select
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Open Ended
Unit 1: Physical Geography
Objective: Analyze the physical geography of SWANA using the 5 Themes of Geography
Essential Question: How does geography affect where people live?
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