Resources to use:

1.  All graphic organizers used throughout the unit

2.  Middle East Personal Dictionary (*completed dictionary will be due for a grade on the day of test)

3.  All notes (Cornell & Power) used throughout the unit

4.  Textbook would be helpful: Middle East/Southwest Asia chapters

5.  Ms. Fenton’s blog is a great tool for studying (PPoints)

People, places, and vocabulary to know and explain significance:

Places:

Oasis / Red Sea / Dome of the Rock / Palestine
Mesopotamia / Caspian Sea / Constantinople / West Bank & Gaza Strip
Sahara Desert / Arabian Sea / Istanbul / Kuwait
Nile River / Mediterranean Sea / Mecca / Southern Iraq
Tigris River / Suez Canal / Medina / Dubai
Euphrates River / Jordan River / Iraq / Anatolia/Turkey
Persian Gulf / Rub’ Al Khali / Iran / Afghanistan
Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman / Saudi Arabia / Egypt
Sinai Peninsula / Canaan / Israel
Fertile Crescent / Zion / Jerusalem

People:

Bedouin / Hagar / OPEC / The Ottoman Empire
Hammurabi / Sarah / Kurds / The British Empire
Scribe / Ishmael / Saddam Hussein
Babylonians / Isaac / Osama bin Laden
Byzantine Empire / King Solomon / Martyr
Abraham / Muslim / Taliban
Muhammad / Sunni / Hamas
Jesus / Shi’ite / Hezbollah
Yaweh/Adonai / PLO

Important Vocabulary:

Aquifer / First, Second Temple / Judaism / 3 types of government systems
Arid / diaspora / Christianity / Ways citizens participate
Petroleum / Zionism / Islam / Ways govts distribute power
Qanat / kosher / Caliph / theocracy
Wadi / messiah / westernization /
Desalination / hajj / Judaism
Ziggurat / pillar / fundamentalism
Cuneiform / kabba / militant, radical,
Qur’an / mosque / secular
wailing wall / church/cathedral / monotheism
Torah/Bible/Koran / synagogue / polytheism
Exile / sharia (Islamic law) / embargo
The Exodus / Sultan / Types of government:
Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey / Three types of economic systems: traditional, market, command
Muslim calendar
Christian calendar

Middle East History:

1.  Fertile Crescent, Ancient Mesopotamia (meaning of Mesopotamia)

2.  What is the importance of river valleys?

3.  Importance of Hammurabi?

4.  How do the achievements of ancient Mesopotamia impact life today? (law codes and written language)?

Middle Eastern Geography:

1. How does where you live affect how you live?
-landforms/bodies of water

-climate/vegetation
-natural resources (importance of oil)
2. What is the purpose of OPEC?

3. Why is it called the Fertile Crescent?

The Three Religions:
1. What are the similarities and differences among the three religions?
2. Understand how to read a timeline
3. Know origin of all three religions (time period, place, key founders)

4. Explain difference of Sunni/Shi’ite. Why the split? What is the
significance/importance of southern Iraq?

5. Explain fundamentalism.
-How does this relate to modern conflicts in the region?

The Ottoman Empire:

1. How did the Ottoman Empire “carve out” the Middle East?

2. After WWI, which European nations controlled most of the region?

Modern Conflicts:

1. Arab-Israeli conflict (and wars)-
-What is the conflict about?
- Explain Jewish Exodus/diaspora

- Significance of 1948
- What is the PLO? Why was it formed?

- What are the attempts at peace? (Camp David Accords)

2. Persian Gulf Wars-
-What was the cause/name of the first Gulf War (1991)? What was the result?
- What was the cause/name of the second Gulf War (2003)? What is our role now in the
country?

3. Afghanistan-
-What was the reason for our involvement in this country?

4. War on terror- September 11, 2001
5. Operation New Dawn

Middle Eastern governments:

3 types of government systems
What are the ways citizens participate? Know the types
How do governments distribute power? Know the types
Know types of government for specific countries: Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey