Unit
- What Makes This a Region? 408-41
- Regional Atlas: 412-421
- Chapter 17: Physical Geography 422-435
- Chapter 18: Cultural Geography 436-471
- Chapter 19: The Region Today 472-491
Student resources:
- Textbook:
- Glencoe
- National Geographic
- Powerpoint:
What Makes north africa, southwest asia, and central asia a region?
Region that border the Mediterranean Sea to the east and south, and covers most of the western half of Asia. the countries of this region share the following characteristics.
- A location near or in deserts and mountains
- A population that practices one of the major monotheistic religions
- Possession of more than half of the world's known oil reserves.
- A need for freshwater resources
- A long history of influences from various external cultures.
Why it matters
Most American's modern lifestyle depends on oil. Without vehicles powered by gasoline, how would people get from one place to another, and how would goods be sent from warehouses to stores? Today, much of the world's oil comes from the region of NORTH AFRICA, SOUTHWEST ASIA, AND CENTRAL ASIA. Many American companies do business in the region. As a result, political, social, and economic changes there have a major impact on your daily life.
Indiana academic standards
GHW.1.1: Use maps, timelines and/or other graphic representations to identify and describe the location, distribution
and main events in the development of culture hearths in Asia, Mesoamerica and North Africa.
Examples: Irrigation-based civilizations; Rainforest; Land-based civilization
GHW.1.2: Ask and answer geographic and historical questions about the locations and growth of culture hearths.
Assess why some of these culture hearths have endured to this day, while others have declined or
disappeared
GHW.1.3: Analyze agricultural hearths and exchanges of crops among regions. Evaluate the impact of agriculture on
the subsequent development of culture hearths in various regions of the world.
GHW.2.1: Map the development over time of world religions from their points of origin and identify those that exhibit a high degree of local and/or international concentration.
GHW.2.2: Differentiate among selected countries in terms of how their identities, cultural and physical environments, and functions and forms of government are affected by world religions.
GHW.2.4: Analyze and assess the rise of fundamentalist movements in the world’s major religions during contemporary times (1980–present) and describe the relationships between religious fundamentalism and the secularism and modernism associated with the Western tradition
GHW.3.1: Map and analyze the distribution of the world’s human population for different time periods noting the population characteristics and population density for specific regions.
GHW.3.2: Identify and describe the push-pull factors that resulted in the migration of human population over time and detect changes in these factors.
GHW.3.3: Analyze the changes in population characteristics and physical and human environments that resulted from the migration of peoples within, between, and among world regions.
GHW.4.3: Identify and compare the main causes, players, and events of imperialism during different time periods. Examine the global extent of imperialism using a series of political map
GHW.4.4: Analyze and assess how the physical and human environments (including languages used) of places and regions changed as the result of differing imperialist and colonial policies.
GHW.5.1: Ask and answer geographic and historic questions about the origin and growth of towns and cities in different regions of the world and in different time periods. Compare and contrast the factors involved in the location and growth of towns and cities for different time periods.
GHW.5.2: Describe, using a variety of text (writing, maps, timelines and/or other graphic presentations), the worldwide trend toward urbanization and the changing function of cities. Assess the impact of factors such as locational advantages and disadvantages, changing transportation technologies, population growth, changing agricultural production, and the demands of industry on this trend.
GHW.5.5: Analyze and assess the impact of urbanization on the physical and human environments in various parts of the world.
GHW.6.1: Distinguish between violent and non-violent revolution. Describe the causes and events of political revolutions in two distinct regions of the world and use maps, timelines and/or other graphic representations to document the spread of political ideas that resulted from those events to other regions of the world
GHW.6.3: Map the spread of innovative art forms and scientific thought from their origins to other world regions. Analyze how the spread of these ideas influenced developments in art and science for different places and regions of the world.
GHW.6.5: Analyze and assess the impact of the four major agricultural revolutions* on the world’s human and physical environments.
GHW.7.1: Recognize that conflict and cooperation among groups of people occur for a variety of reasons including nationalist, racial, ethnic, religious, political, economic and resource concerns that generally involve agreements and disagreements related to territory on Earth’s surface.
GHW.7.2: Analyze the physical and human factors involved in conflicts and violence related to nationalist, racial, ethnic, religious, economic, political, and/or resource issues in various parts of the world, over time. Assess the human and physical environmental consequences of the conflicts identified for study.
GHW.7.3: Analyze and explain why some countries achieved independence peacefully through legal means and others achieved independence as a consequence of armed struggles or wars.
GHW.8.1: Use maps to show the location and distribution of Earth’s resources and analyze how this distribution affects trade between and among countries and regions.
GHW.9.1: Use maps to identify regions in the world where particular natural disasters occur frequently and analyze how the physical and human environments have been modified over time in response to environmental threats. Assess the success of international aid to these disasters.
GHW.9.3: Identify and describe ways in which humans have used technology to modify the physical environment in
order to settle areas in different world regions and evaluate the impact of these technologies on the physical and human environments affected.
GHW.10.1: Differentiate between a state (country) and a nation, specifically focusing on the concepts of territorial control and self-determination of internal and foreign affairs and analyze the relationship between nations and the states in which they lie.
GHW.10.2: Analyze the formation of states (countries) in selected regions and identify and appraise the contribution of factors, such as nationalism, in their formation.
GHW.10.3: Evaluate and predict the successes and failures of democratic reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes in different countries.
GHW.10.6: Analyze the human and physical geographic forces that either bind and unite (centripetal forces) or divide (centrifugal forces) a country or countries. Predict the impact of these forces on the future of these countries and analyze possible strategies that could be implemented to overcome the impact of centrifugal forces
GHW.11.2: Analyze the ways in which people’s changing views of particular places and regions as recreation and/or tourist destinations reflect cultural changes.
and main events in the development of culture hearths in Asia, Mesoamerica and North Africa.
Examples: Irrigation-based civilizations; Rainforest; Land-based civilization
GHW.1.2: Ask and answer geographic and historical questions about the locations and growth of culture hearths.
Assess why some of these culture hearths have endured to this day, while others have declined or
disappeared
GHW.1.3: Analyze agricultural hearths and exchanges of crops among regions. Evaluate the impact of agriculture on
the subsequent development of culture hearths in various regions of the world.
GHW.2.1: Map the development over time of world religions from their points of origin and identify those that exhibit a high degree of local and/or international concentration.
GHW.2.2: Differentiate among selected countries in terms of how their identities, cultural and physical environments, and functions and forms of government are affected by world religions.
GHW.2.4: Analyze and assess the rise of fundamentalist movements in the world’s major religions during contemporary times (1980–present) and describe the relationships between religious fundamentalism and the secularism and modernism associated with the Western tradition
GHW.3.1: Map and analyze the distribution of the world’s human population for different time periods noting the population characteristics and population density for specific regions.
GHW.3.2: Identify and describe the push-pull factors that resulted in the migration of human population over time and detect changes in these factors.
GHW.3.3: Analyze the changes in population characteristics and physical and human environments that resulted from the migration of peoples within, between, and among world regions.
GHW.4.3: Identify and compare the main causes, players, and events of imperialism during different time periods. Examine the global extent of imperialism using a series of political map
GHW.4.4: Analyze and assess how the physical and human environments (including languages used) of places and regions changed as the result of differing imperialist and colonial policies.
GHW.5.1: Ask and answer geographic and historic questions about the origin and growth of towns and cities in different regions of the world and in different time periods. Compare and contrast the factors involved in the location and growth of towns and cities for different time periods.
GHW.5.2: Describe, using a variety of text (writing, maps, timelines and/or other graphic presentations), the worldwide trend toward urbanization and the changing function of cities. Assess the impact of factors such as locational advantages and disadvantages, changing transportation technologies, population growth, changing agricultural production, and the demands of industry on this trend.
GHW.5.5: Analyze and assess the impact of urbanization on the physical and human environments in various parts of the world.
GHW.6.1: Distinguish between violent and non-violent revolution. Describe the causes and events of political revolutions in two distinct regions of the world and use maps, timelines and/or other graphic representations to document the spread of political ideas that resulted from those events to other regions of the world
GHW.6.3: Map the spread of innovative art forms and scientific thought from their origins to other world regions. Analyze how the spread of these ideas influenced developments in art and science for different places and regions of the world.
GHW.6.5: Analyze and assess the impact of the four major agricultural revolutions* on the world’s human and physical environments.
GHW.7.1: Recognize that conflict and cooperation among groups of people occur for a variety of reasons including nationalist, racial, ethnic, religious, political, economic and resource concerns that generally involve agreements and disagreements related to territory on Earth’s surface.
GHW.7.2: Analyze the physical and human factors involved in conflicts and violence related to nationalist, racial, ethnic, religious, economic, political, and/or resource issues in various parts of the world, over time. Assess the human and physical environmental consequences of the conflicts identified for study.
GHW.7.3: Analyze and explain why some countries achieved independence peacefully through legal means and others achieved independence as a consequence of armed struggles or wars.
GHW.8.1: Use maps to show the location and distribution of Earth’s resources and analyze how this distribution affects trade between and among countries and regions.
GHW.9.1: Use maps to identify regions in the world where particular natural disasters occur frequently and analyze how the physical and human environments have been modified over time in response to environmental threats. Assess the success of international aid to these disasters.
GHW.9.3: Identify and describe ways in which humans have used technology to modify the physical environment in
order to settle areas in different world regions and evaluate the impact of these technologies on the physical and human environments affected.
GHW.10.1: Differentiate between a state (country) and a nation, specifically focusing on the concepts of territorial control and self-determination of internal and foreign affairs and analyze the relationship between nations and the states in which they lie.
GHW.10.2: Analyze the formation of states (countries) in selected regions and identify and appraise the contribution of factors, such as nationalism, in their formation.
GHW.10.3: Evaluate and predict the successes and failures of democratic reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes in different countries.
GHW.10.6: Analyze the human and physical geographic forces that either bind and unite (centripetal forces) or divide (centrifugal forces) a country or countries. Predict the impact of these forces on the future of these countries and analyze possible strategies that could be implemented to overcome the impact of centrifugal forces
GHW.11.2: Analyze the ways in which people’s changing views of particular places and regions as recreation and/or tourist destinations reflect cultural changes.