Year 9 - Geography
Climate change and environmental challenges in the Middle East
The Middle East: How have natural resources shaped the Middle East?
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches pupils about the physical and human geography of the Middle East and demonstrates the diversity of people's lives across the region. Pupils will investigate how natural resources affect the economy of the region and study how climate change is shaping its future.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how climate change affects the Middle East.
Key Notes
- Rising temperatures make the region hotter and drier.
- Water scarcity is worsening due to climate change, and this impacts food supplies.
- Countries can use their natural resources to respond to climate change.
Vocabulary To Learn
- climate change: the large-scale and long-term change in the planet's climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures
- desertification: the process by which semi-arid land becomes drier and turns into desert
- water scarcity: when there are not enough freshwater resources to meet the needs in a given area
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The Middle East is already hot and dry, so climate change won't really affect it.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Rising temperatures make the region hotter and drier. Water scarcity is worsening due to climate change, and this impacts food supplies.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'climate change'
the large-scale and long-term change in the planet's climate, including weather patterns and average temperatures.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: The Middle East is already hot and dry, so climate change won't really affect it. Correction: Climate change will continue to make the region hotter and drier, which will have consequences such as desertification, water scarcity and food shortages.
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- Dubai: A global city Study Guide
- GIS: Visualising the physical and human geography of the Middle East Study Guide
- History and legacy: Empires, borders and religion Study Guide
- Life in the Arabian Desert Study Guide
- Migration in the Middle East Study Guide
- Natural resources and economy in the Middle East Study Guide
- Physical landscapes of the Middle East Study Guide
- Population of the Middle East Study Guide
- Rivers and water resources in the Middle East Study Guide
- The greening of the Arabian Desert Study Guide
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