Introduction
Hello there! Over the next fifty minutes you will be given a task to complete about The Eastern Meditteranean area. The countries in that area include Jordan, Turkey, Isarael, Syria, Lebanon, and the island country, Cyprus. We will be focusing on physical geography. Now click "Task" to get your instructions.
Task
We will give you twenty questions and seven websites to go along with the quesitons. Each website will answer three questions but one website will only anwser two questions. You have fifty minutes to answer each question.
1.) What ocean does the Mediterranean sea connect to?
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2.) Does the Black Sea connect to the Mediteranean Sea?
3.) Is Italy located near the Mediteranean Sea?
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4.) What is the name of the trading route that goes from Central Asia to China to the Eastern Mediterrainean?
5.) What is the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates river known as?
6.) What separates the Asia Minor from the rest of Asia?
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7.) The Eastern Mediterranean area is also knows as what?
8.) What two mountain ranges go across Turkey?
9.) The Syrian Desert stretches from Syria, to what other country?
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10.) What is the name of the mountain in southwestern Turkey?
11.) The Antolian peninsula occupies wich country?
12.) The Tigris and Euphrates river cross through Turkey, Syria, and what other country?
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13.) What is the most common climate in Eastern Mediterranean?
14.) Why is the rainfall decreasing in this area?
15.) Why is the air quality decreasing?
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16.) How wide is the Meditteranean sea in square miles?
17.) How deep is the Meditteranean Sea in feet?
18.) The continents that surround the Meditteranean Sea are Asia, Africa, and?
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19.) What sea is at the southwestern part of Lebanon?
20.) What is a very well known sea in Israel?
Process
The links for the questions are below. Remember , you only have fifty minutes to complete the questions.
http://www.ancient.eu.com/mediterranean/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/themes/geography/
http://kacel.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/6/4/12645201/eastern_mediterranean.pd
File://C:/Users/Student/Downloads/CIMMEReport%20(2).pdf
Geography.about.com/ob/specificplacesofintrest/a/Meditteranean-Sea-geography.htm
WorldGeography-HoltMcdougal/chapter17/section1
Evaluation
Here's your grading statistics:
1.) The Atlantic Ocean
2.) Yes
3.) Yes
4.) Silk Road
5.) The land between two rivers
6.) The Balck Sea
7.) The middle east
8.) Serdarbulak and Alpines
9.) Iraq
10.) Taurus
11.) Turkey
12.) Iraq
13.) Hot and mild
14.) It's getting hotter and hotter there each year
15.) Pollution
16.) 970,000
17.) 4,900
18.) Europe
19.) Mediterranean Sea
20.) Dead Sea
Conclusion
Congratulations!!! You have just finished this webquest. Now you should know much more about this Middle Eastern area including major seas and physical geography. I hope you enjoyed completing this webquest. Click Credits to view the websites in MLA format?