Introduction
Hey, 7th Grade History Sleuths, it's time to hop into the Mystery Machine and dig up some information on the Middle East! Click on each tab to read more information about your assignment.
Process
Name:______________________________________________
Date: _______
You will answer the questions, using the information found in the website.
Middle East Webquest
Go to the following website or use the QR Code that is on your printed paper:
http://www.mrdowling.com/607mena.html
Click on Many Things In Common if needed, it should be the intro paragraph.
- List what the Middle East and North Africa have in common:
- What groups of people in the Middle East are Muslim but not Arabic?
- What language and religion do most people in Israel practice?
- Why are European languages common in many parts of the Middle East?
Click on The Arabs
5. What religion helped spread Arab culture?
6. How many Arabs live around the world today?
7. What country in the world has the largest Muslim population?
Click on Deserts
8. What is the biggest desert in the world?
9. What is the large desert in Saudi Arabia called?
10. Why can temperatures change so rapidly in deserts?
Click on the Bedouins
11. Explain who Bedouins are and how they live in the Middle East:
12. About how many people continue to practice the Bedouin lifestyle in the Middle East?
Click on Oil (It might not be highlighted)
13. What percent of the world’s oil is in the Middle East?
14. What is OPEC? Explain how it affected the price of oil:
15. Explain how oil wealth has changed the Middle East:
16. Why would a diversified economy be important for most countries in the Middle East?
Click on The Dead Sea
17. Between what two countries is the Dead Sea located?
18. Explain what is unique about the Dead Sea:
Click on the Suez Canal
19. What two bodies of water, or seas, did the Suez Canal connect?
20. Why did Great Britain want the Suez Canal built?
21. Why were Egyptians upset with British influence over the Suez Canal?
Click on the Aswan Dam
22. Explain the positives and negatives of the Aswan Dam on the Nile River:
Click on September 11th, 2001
23. What American cities were attacked on September 11th, 2001? How were the cities attacked?
24. What did terrorists show the world by attacking America on September 11th. 2001?
25. Explain what terrorism is:
Click on the Ottoman Empire
26. What parts of the world did the Ottoman Empire eventually control?
27. How did the Ottoman Empire treat most people of different religious faiths?
Click on The Armenian Massacre
28. What religion were most Armenians?
29. Why did the Turks attack Armenians from 1894 to 1916?
30. About how many Armenians may have died during the Armenian Genocide?
Click on Ataturk and Turkey
31. Explain how Kemal Ataturk changed Turkey after World War I.
Click on The Kurds
32. In what four countries do most Kurds live?
33. What problems have the Kurds faced over the last one hundred years?
Click on Nasser and Arab Unity
34. List several ways that Nasser promoted Arab unity:
Click on Shariah Law
35. What does Shariah law tell Muslims to do?
36. What Arab nation most closely follows Shariah law?
Click on the Iranian Revolution
37. What were some of the main causes of the Iranian Revolution?
Click on Saddam Hussein and Iraq
38. During what years did Saddam Hussein rule Iraq?
39. What two countries did Saddam Hussein attack or invade?
40. What country invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein from power?
41. What happened to Saddam Hussein?
Click on the War on Terror
42. What is the goal of Al Qaeda?
43. What country did the USA invade after the attacks of September 11th, 2001?
44. What country did the USA invade in 2003? Why?
Click on Israel
45. What year did Israel become a nation? What immediately happened to it?
Click on Afghanistan
46. What country invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
47. What was/are the Taliban like?
48. Why did America attack Taliban forces in Afghanistan?
49. What types of problems does Afghanistan still face today?
Click on Americanization
50. Explain how Americanization has impacted world positively and negatively.
Evaluation
Your evaluation will be the completion of the questions found in the process tab of the WebQuest.
Conclusion
So how are you feeling, Super Sleuths?
Rate how you feel about the Middle East questions and answers (4, 3, 2, or 1 on the chart).
If you chose 1 or 2, it is OK, don't stress. You may just need some additional time.
Credits
7th Grade Social Studies Teachers
Teacher Page
This WebQuest is being used for the purpose of review for the 7th grade social studies students.
