Southwest Asia

Match the following

• crude oil

• a resource that takes so long to form that it can’t be replaced(ex. oil)

• oil reserve

• a resource that can’t be used up or that can be replaced quickly as it is used up (ex. sunlight, wood)

• non-renewable resource

• oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground

• renewable resource

• petroleum as it comes out of the ground and before it has been refined or processed into useful products

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• Goal #1 To ensure a steady supply of oil and a steady supply of income

• Goal #2 To have the member countries agree on amount of oil sold

• Issue #1 Controls less than half of the world's oil

• Issue #2 Not always united on decisions

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

Match the following

• situation

• a city that is the governmental center of a country or region, can also be a primate city

• primate city

• the way a place is positioned in relation to its wider surroundings

• capital city

• the largest and most important city in a country, has at least twice the population of the next largest city ,is a center of economic power and national culture

• site

• the specific place where something is located, including its physical settings

Match the following

•  water stress

• damage to or destruction of the natural environment

  -habitats are destroyed

  -biodiversity is lost

  -natural resources are used up

• ground water

•  water lying deep under the ground that supplies wells and springs

• salinization

• the buildup of salt in soil or water

• environmental 

  degradation

• the condition that occurs when people don’t have enough clean fresh water to meet their everyday needs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Why is Aral Sea Shrinking?

• 1950s irrigation project by Soviets

• There is no more water pouting into it

• Dams built into the two large rivers that feed into the Aral Sea to help grow cotton in desert region 

• The sun is evaporating all of the water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What are the effects of the Aral Sea shrinking?

• Farming: changed climate needed for the cotton

• Commuting: people can't travel via the sea on boats any longer

• Fishing: decreased area affecting fisheries and     

        fishing community

• Sightseeing: the sea is no longer beautiful to look at

• Residents' Health: polluted water affecting people's health

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Reorder the following

• Israelites migrate to other parts of southwest Asia when defeated in battles

• other groups enter Canaan and ruled by ottoman empire (mainly islam)

• land controlled by Britain after WWII and named Palestine

• Israelites enter Canaan, the promised land

Reorder the following

• Jewish population greatly decreased after WWII

• Palestine currently in Gaza and sections of the West Bank

• Israel established in 1948 by the UN, Palestinians fought decision

• zionism created to establish the jewish homeland