Name____________Period____ bate World Geography - The Middle East eee National Geographic Interactive Mapmaker Directions: You will be working with your elbow partner to research The Middle East using the website education.nationalgeographic.com. Word Bank population density ~ the number of people living in an area surface - the uppermost part of something transparency ~ allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be seen Directions: Use the website: education.nationalgeographic.com. — Put your curser over Mapping and click on Interactive Mapmaker. — Close the X if a window/box pops up and asks you iF you are familiar with the new website. — Use your mouse and move the screen left and right. Practice this for a bit. Now, move the Screen So you can see your continent clearly on your screen. You can use the + and ~ in the left hand corner to zoom in or out. _— On the right of your screen is an option to add layers. —— Make sure you adjust the transparency once you have made a selection. 1. Click on Add Layer. Click on Climate. Click on Surface Air Temperature ~ Summer. What is Saudi i: Arabia's average temperature in the summer? What about Iran? Unclick when you are donee, the legend) 2, Click on Add Layer. Click on Climate. Click on Climate Zone. In what kind of climate zone is Saudi Arabia? Unclick when you are done. (USE te legend to Help you) 3, What is the definition for the word arid? (Open up a new tab by clicking Control and the letter T. Try looking this up on http://www.wordsmyth.net/) 4, Click on Add Layer. Click on Political Boundaries and leave this up as you do the following. Click on Culture. Click on Religion. What does this tell you about the primary religion practiced in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Morocco? What is the major religion practiced in most of Iran and part of iraq? 5. Make a prediction, Do these two religious groups live peacefully in the Middle East or do they live in conflict? Explain your answer. Quiros, L September 2014Name_______ Period. 6, Click on Add Layer. click on Human Populations. click on Population Density. In what countries is (~) there a Human Population of more than 500 people per square mile? Where do most people in the Middle East live? (near a coast, near a water source, near a desert, etc.) 7. What Is a Human Poputation? 8. Click on Add Layer. Click on Human Populations. Click on Lights at Night. What does this tell you about the use of electricity In the Middle East? Does the use of electricity coincide (happen in the same place) with countries that have a population density of more than 500 people per square mile? 9. A displaced population is a group of people who were forced to move from their home. A refugee is a OC person who was forced to leave their home in order to escape war. Click on Add Layer. Click on Displaced Populations. Click on Refugees - Origin. Are there any countries in the Middle East with a refugee population of more than’! million people? Tf so,.what ure they? 10, Write a question about the topic you chose. 11, Answer the question you wrote below.. WW) Quiros, L September 2014Name_____Period_____ ate Modified World Geography - The Middle East OQ National Geographic Interactive Mapmaker Directions: you wilt be working with your elbow partner to research The Middle East using the website education.nationalgeographic.com. Word Bank Population density - the number of people living in an area surface ~ the uppermost part of something transparency ~ allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be seen Directions: Use the website: education.nationalgeographic.com. — Put your curser over Mapping and click on Interactive Mapmaker. —— Close the X If a window/box pops up and asks you if you are Familiar with the new website. —— Use your mouse and move the screen left and right. Practice this for a bit. Now, move the Screen so you can see your continent clearly on your screen. You can use the + and - in the left hand corner to zoom in or out. —— On the right of your screen is an option to add layers. —— Make sure you adjust the transparency once you have made a selection. 1. Click on Add Layer. Click on Climate. Click on Surface Air Temperature - Summer. What Is Saudi Arabia's average temperature in the summer? Unclick when you are done. (>) Example: Saudi Arabia's average temperature in the summer is Now, rewrite the sentence: 2. Glick on Add Layer. Click on Climate. Click on Climate Zone. In what kind of climate zone is Saudi Arabia? Unclick when you are done. Example: Saudi Arabia's is in a Now, rewrite the sentence: climate zone. * Arid means that a place Is very dry and does not have a lot of rain. 3. Click on Add Layer. Click on Political Boundaries and leave this up as you do the following, Click on Culture. Click on Religion. What is the most common religion in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt? Example: The most common religion in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt is Now, rewrite the sentence: Quiros, L Septenber 2014