Step 1

GEOGRAPHY

DIRECTIONS:

Look at the World Map. Do you know where the Middle East is on this map?

Click to SLIDE 2. This shows where the Middle East is located compared to the rest of the world.

QUESTIONS:

1. What continents does the Middle East connect?

2. Look at the current country of IRAQ. What countries lie EAST, WEST, SOUTH and NORTH of IRAQ?

Map of the World vs the Middle East

DIRECTIONS: Thousands of years ago, humans settled in the FERTILE CRESCENT. At the time, there were no formal countries associated with the land.

Look at both maps.

QUESTIONS: ENTER ANSWERS INTO THE CHART

a. Name the 3 rivers that flow through the region.

b. Rivers begin in the mountains and drain into a larger body of water. What body of water does the rivers flow into?

c. . In what direction do the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers flow?

d. In what direction does the Nile Flow?

Sometimes called The Cradle of Civilization

Milson, Andrew J., et al. National Geographic World Cultures and Geography. National Geographic Learning, 2017.

DIRECTIONS: look at the maps and find the two parallel rivers in the Fertile Crescent.

QUESTIONS:

4 a. What land feature lies to the north of the "two rivers"?

4 b. What land feature lies to the south of the "two rivers"?

DIRECTIONS: Look at the graph.

QUESTIONS:

Temperature GRAPH:

5. How many years ago was the last ice age?

6. At what global temperature did farming begin?

DIRECTIONS: Look at the Timeline below

QUESTIONS:

7. What "age" (time period in history) began when farming began?

8. How many years did this"age" (time period in history) last?

9. What "age" (time period in history) came right after the Neolithic Age?

10. What year did the Roman Empire fall?

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