Global Studies Summer
Africa / Middle East / Latin America / Themes
South & S.E. Asia / East Asia / Russia / Syllabus / Index
Virtual Summer School: Assignments

The Middle East Unit

Note:
1-Label the map and then place the other assignments in your notebook.  Find a blank outline map  HERE
2-For all compare and contrast assignments, click HERE to print out a  form. Bring these forms to your mid-term test.
3-What do these terms mean? summarize-restate briefly the main ideas and/or important details.; analyze-read for information and make a determination or a decision.

Assignment #1:
a. Read pp86 to 93.
b. Go to the map on pp88-89. Label the outline map: include countries, capitals, water bodies, physical features, including the Suez Canal.  Draw on the Tropic of Cancer and the 40 degree north latitude line. (Remember: latitude lines run east and west, but they measure distance north  or south of the equator. (Remember: that we always look for the 40 degree north latitude line since the same line  runs around the world and travels through the Harrisburg area); (Remember: All the countries shown in the darker grey are considered the Middle East and they indicate the capital for each country by placing a star in front of the name of the capital city).
Note:  Find a blank outline map  HERE
c. Go to the internet map, Israel and neighboring states political map,  and add these three areas to your map: the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and West Bank; locate the same three areas on this map called "occupied territories."
d. Using the search engine dogpile (type in the name of the item you are looking for) locate the Straits of Hormuz, and the Sinai Peninsula.  In your notebook, tell where they are located and tell why the Strait of Hormuz is so important to the world's economy.
Assignment #2:
a. Read pp94-102. Identify these terms in your notebook: Mesopotamia, cuneiform, the Code of Hammurabi, Judaism, monotheism, Christianity, Shiites, Sunnis, mosque, Ottoman Empire, Allah, Mohammed.
b. Read p98, "Muslim beliefs and practices," and  explain in your notebook each of the five practices known as the Five Pillars of Wisdom.  
Assignment #3:  Use the dictionary to find this vocabulary word: minaret.
Assignment #4:
a. Read an article about a person or event in the Middle East from the Yemen Times (http://www.yementimes.com/), and summarize it in two paragraphs. 
Assignment #5:
a. Read pp109-118, Explain: who are the Palestinians and what are their major concerns.  Enter this information in your notebook.
b. Read and explain what the Balfour Declaration is about. How does it effect the situation today in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians?
Remember: any time you need to find information use the search engine dogpile
Assignment #6: Explain what this political cartoon means?
Assignment #7:
a. Read pp 123-127
b. Examine the graphs on pp124-125 and answer  questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 on p125 (11)
c. Answer these questions from your reading on pages 123-127 (12): 
-What is the chief goal of OPEC?
-Who are the member countries of OPEC?
Assignment #8:
a. Read pp 109-122.
b.  Identify(13): Gamal Abdel Nasser, Six Day War, Anwar al-Sadat, Camp David Accords, Yitzhak Rabin,  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. 
Assignment #9:
1- Study the items on the Photo ID page(14).
2- Analyze(in a few sentences in your notebook) the impact that each of these three men has had on the United States.
3- Be prepared to recognize the three people and the flag on your mid-term test.
Assignment #10:
1- Review the map and the completed assignments in your notebook from this unit. Have you completed all the assignments?
2- Take the Middle East Unit Test using your map and notebook
a- Click HERE to go to the quiz

-On the right hand side of the page, select Take a Quiz and click on ‘Take Your Teacher's Quiz.’
-On the upper right go to Students and Parents ‘Login here’ and click
-On this page choose ‘single class login’
-On this page, use the Classword  and the password that you were given 
-click on  quiz for this unit
f- You do not need to print out the results, they will be sent to me automatically by the quizlab.com website. You must take the  quiz for this unit at least twice, or until you get 100%. quizlab.com will send me the result each time you take the quiz.
g-Taking the quiz: choose an answer by clicking on one of the small circles that you feel is correct; then click on "Check It"; this will take you to the next question; meanwhile in the upper right hand corner, quizlab tells you if the choice was correct or incorrect; if the choice is incorrect, quizlab will provide the correct answer. Students should keep notes in their notebook on the correct responses for questions that they might have missed. Taking the test over and over helps the student retain the correct answers by taking notes. Repetition increases retention!

Try to complete one unit per week. The second unit will be on East Asia .