Year 9 - Geography
GIS: Visualising the physical and human geography of 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 use GIS to locate the Middle East and analyse how urban populations are related to rainfall totals.
Key Notes
- The Middle East is a region of the world that spans parts of western Asia, north Africa and southeastern Europe.
- The Middle East has diverse physical and human landscapes.
- GIS can be used to identify countries within the Middle East.
- GIS can be used to analyse the relation between physical and human landscapes in the Middle East.
Vocabulary To Learn
- human landscape: made up of features that people have built or changed in the environment including cities, roads and farmland
- physical landscape: made up of natural features created by Earth, including mountains, rivers, deserts, coastlines and climate
- interconnected: how things are linked and affect each other
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Rivers can't flow through areas with very low rainfall totals.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
The Middle East is a region of the world that spans parts of western Asia, north Africa and southeastern Europe. The Middle East has diverse physical and human landscapes.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'human landscape'
made up of features that people have built or changed in the environment including cities, roads and farmland.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Rivers can't flow through areas with very low rainfall totals. Correction: Rivers often flow through different climate zones, therefore their source may be in a mountainous area with high rainfall totals, but they may then flow through arid areas to the sea.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Climate and biomes of the Middle East Study Guide
- Climate change and environmental challenges in the Middle East Study Guide
- Dubai: A global city 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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