Project and Extra Information

Students will have a map quiz on Friday, August 31 over the following physical and political features of Southwest Asia: Euphrates River, Jordan River, Tigris River, Suez Canal, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Gaza Strip, and West Bank. Please use your notes to study for this quiz. You may also practice by utilizing the online games that are listed on the blog.
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Finally, students will be researching a country of SWA. This research project contains two components. The first component, the research packet, is due on Tuesday, September 4th. The other component,  the poster a, is due Thursday, September 6th. 

​Information for this project is located on page 14 of the Interactive Student Notebook and in My Country Report Note-Taking Packet. 

Extra resources for the project:

​Encyclopedia Britannica is a great site to locate information for the project. It has multiple reading level articles and a language selection feature. 

​Turkey: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Turkey/345805
Afghanistan: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Afghanistan/272743
Iran: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Iran/275086
Iraq: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Iraq/275087
Israel: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Israel/275101
Kuwait: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Kuwait/275337
Saudi Arabia: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Saudi-Arabia/276917
Syria: school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Syria/277994
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The CIA World Factbook is another great research tool. 
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2018.html

**Students will need to work on this project at home, students please see me if you have misplaced your research packet or directions.**

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