Social Studies - 2019-20
WG.10 b - Physical and Environmental Features of North Africa and Southwest Asia
The student will analyze the characteristics of the North African and Southwest Asian regions by
b) describing major physical and environmental features;
Adopted: 2015
BIG IDEAS
UNDERSTANDING THE STANDARD
Physical and environmental features
such as peninsulas, mountains, rivers,
seas, and deserts have created borders,
influenced interactions, and led to
isolation.
ESSENTIALS
Major physical and environmental features
- Crossroads of Europe, Africa, and Asia
- Desert and semiarid climates: Sahara, steppes
- Mountains
- Atlas
- Taurus
- Zagros
- Water features o Mediterranean Sea
- Red Sea
- Black Sea
- Persian/Arabian Gulf
- Strait of Hormuz
- Bosporus Strait
- Dardanelles Strait
- Nile River
- Tigris River
- Euphrates River
- Jordan River
- Seasonal flooding, alluvial soils, delta regions, oases, wadis
- Peninsulas
- Sinai
- Arabian
KEY VOCABULARY
Updated: Jun 13, 2018