Global Studies 10
Name ___________________________
Unit: The Middle East
The Land - gathering supporting details
Date ______________ Period ________
What defines the Middle East as a region?
1) Using the Hammond World Atlas, pgs. 18-19, 26, 32, and the following website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/maps/demotext.html,
make a claim regarding the human and physical characteristics of the Middle East.
Claim/generalization:
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1. Outline the supporting details using information from the atlas and from the reading The Land.
Global Studies 10
Unit: The Middle East
Name ____________________________________
Creating a region in the Middle East
Date ___________________ Period ____________
The map above shows all the countries that are sometimes included in the Middle East. Based on your understanding of the common physical and
human characteristics of the Middle East, which countries do you believe should be included in the region? Which should be excluded? Outline the
region you believe should be defined as the Middle East as the map above. Below, list the criteria you used to define the region.
Physical characteristics:
Human characteristics
On the back of this paper, list the countries you excluded from the region. For each country or group of countries, explain why you excluded
it/them