{"id":256,"date":"2019-08-19T21:12:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/?page_id=256"},"modified":"2019-08-25T02:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T02:39:17","slug":"north-africa-southwest-asia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/homepage\/north-africa-southwest-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"North Africa &amp; Southwest Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Understandings<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Resources are distributed unevenly.<\/li>\n<li>Human activity influences the physical and cultural landscape.<\/li>\n<li>Cultural traits diffuse over time and distance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Regions?<\/h3>\n<p>This unit provides the opportunity to investigate the concept of region. Should Afghanistan should be included in this region? What are the characteristics of this region?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>home to the world&#8217;s three monotheistic regions<\/li>\n<li>oil resources<\/li>\n<li>Arabic language<\/li>\n<li>desert and semi-arid areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>North Africa and Southwest Asia<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/6A__Good_Idea_NASWA.pdf\">Would it be a good idea? (6A)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In th<em>e Decisions, Decisions<\/em> series students are challenged to determine what information is needed to evaluate a given scenario. In the application of the geoinquiry process students need to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>determine what information is needed<\/li>\n<li>obtain information from the textbook, <em>Nystrom Atlas<\/em>, or information from past learning experiences<\/li>\n<li>pose additional questions<\/li>\n<li>make a decision<\/li>\n<li>explain the reasons underlying the decision.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Did you know?<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/280px-Fachi-Bilma-D\u00fcnen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-271 \" src=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/280px-Fachi-Bilma-D\u00fcnen.jpg\" alt=\"Sand dune in the Sahara\" width=\"193\" height=\"125\"><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable editor-rich-text__editable\" role=\"textbox\" data-is-placeholder-visible=\"false\" aria-label=\"Write list\u2026\">\n<li>Most of the world&#8217;s deserts are rocky or<strong> hamada,<\/strong> not sandy.<\/li>\n<li>An<strong> erg<\/strong> a sand dune in the desert.<\/li>\n<li>.A<strong> wadi<\/strong> is a dried up lake.<\/li>\n<li>An<strong> oasis<\/strong> is a source of water in the desert.<\/li>\n<li>Sahara means desert.<\/li>\n<li>The Sahara continues to expand.<\/li>\n<li>Afghanistan was formed as a buffer between the British and Russian empires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong style=\"color: #008000;font-size: inherit\">Maps from the Arizona Geographic Alliance<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/MidEast.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southwest Asia\/North Africa<\/a> outline map<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit\" href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/Jerusalem.pdf\">Jerusalem&#8217;s Old&nbsp; City<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>ArcGIS Online Maps in the NPS Organizational Account<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>GeoInquiries by Esri<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=0d8d2a22a05f48ef85cbf348b2e0d204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Arabian Peninsula<\/a> (map)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"insert_map_iframe_container insert_map_iframe_container-left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=5e83ca090a394510966bd3e2dacc3aa8&alignment=left\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understandings Resources are distributed unevenly. Human activity influences the physical and cultural landscape. Cultural traits diffuse over time and distance. Regions? This unit provides the opportunity to investigate the concept of region. Should Afghanistan should be included in this region? What are the characteristics of this region? home to the world&#8217;s three monotheistic regions oil &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/homepage\/north-africa-southwest-asia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">North Africa &amp; Southwest Asia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"parent":104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/256\/revisions\/505"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}