The Unit Organizer
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NAME
DATE
BIGGER PICTURE
Countries Around the World
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LAST UNIT/Experience
India
8 CRITICAL INFORMATION
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Multiple Choice- Crusades,
, Zionism, Diaspora, Empty Quarter,
European country that controlled
Palestine, Zionist movement,
control of West Bank, Dead Sea
Leadership of Palestine, exotic rivers,
UAE’s kingdoms, UAE workers,
citizens rights of SA, OPEC’s function
Matching- Christianity, Judaism, Islam
*History of How it Started, Main Beliefs,
How it Spread, God, Laws They Follow
Holy Book, Place of Worship,
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CURRENT
CURRENT
UNIT UNIT
1
SW Asia-Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel
NEXT UNIT/Experience
South Africa
UNIT MAP
Physical
Features
Start
with
The physical features of this area, the
monarchy of Saudi Arabia and the effects
of that government, the importance of oil,
and the dramatic history of the area
focusing the struggles between Israelis and
Palestinians
Concluding
with
Israel Today
Type of and effects
on citizens
Move then to
Saudi Arabia
Government
Timeline- put in order events in
Palestinian/Israeli Conflict:
year Israel established, Palestinian Mandate by
UN, 6 Days War, Palestinian Authority, Suez
Canal crisis
And oil’s role here as
well
Describing the role of
UAE
Israel
History
OPEC
Other Important Ideas
UNIT
7
See back for Standards/Short Answer
Questions
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RELATIONSHIPS
UNIT SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
Fill-in- Monarchy, Sunni, Shia, Knesset
Women in SA, Persian Gulf, Palm Island location
State Standards
1. Describe the historical origins, central beliefs and spread of major religions. Example: Judaism, Christianity and
Islam (7.1.2)
2. Explain the reasons for European colonization of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Example: British in the
Middle East (7.1.11)
3. **Identify and describe historical events in the Middle East since the end of World War II.
Example: The partition of the British Palestine Mandate (1947), the Suez Canal crisis (1956) and the formation
of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, 1960) The Arab-Israeli Six Day War (1967) (7.1.13)
HINT: Describe what happen in each of these AND their importance!!
4. Identify and explain recent conflicts and political issues between nations or cultural groups and evaluate the
solutions that different organization have utilized to address these conflicts (7.1.14)
5. Analyze cause and effect relationships, bearing in mind multiple causations in the role of individuals, beliefs and
chance in history.
6. Identify and compare historical and contemporary governments in Saudi Arabia, UEA, and Israel (7.2.2).
7. **Compare and contrast the functions of international organizations in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
Example: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (7.2.4) and
HINT: what OPEC stands for, why it was formed , and explain how it influences pricing
8. Define and compare citizenship and the citizen's role in selected countries of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
Example: Compare methods of voting, participation in voluntary organizations and participation (7.2.5)
9. Compare and contrast the distribution of natural resources in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Example: How
natural resource distribution (Oil & water) can impact the wealth of a country (7.3.6)
10. Describe the limitations that climate and land forms place on land or people in regions of Africa, Asia and the
Southwest Pacific. Example: Deserts in Saudi Arabia (7.3.7)
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** Denotes Short Answer question
Remember these ideas when answering the SA questions:
1. Use complete sentences
2. Answer ALL the questions
3. You are REQUIRED to use information/data/ideas to explain or defend your ideas
All of the above ideas are further discussed on your Essay Format Handout AND in class.
University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning 2006