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An exploration to 7th grade social studies!

 HEI Webquest
7th SS Webquest ME Enviro Procedures
 
Below are the steps needed to complete this assignment:
 
1. Review the questions below.
2. Go to the website listed above the questions (there are three (3) websites).
3. Find the answers to each question by reading the website.
4. Open a new WORD document.
5. Copy each question and answer each in complete sentences (remember to write in your own words!!).
6. Save your WORD document on your H drive.
7. Use the desktop computers to print out your finished paper, make sure your heading is on the paper.
 
Do not worry about the colored questions unless specific instructions are given to you.
 
 
 
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 Natural Resources in the ME
Natural Resources, Economics, and Politics in the Middle East
Individually, use the websites below to answer the following questions.  Copy these questions into a WORD document, answer the questions in complete sentences, and print out your finished copy for credit.
 
1. Other than for drinking, in what other ways is water used in the Middle East?
2. Besides oil what other natural resources are abundant in the Middle East?
3. Which American oil company was the first to drill for oil in the Middle East?
4. Which Middle Eastern country has traditionally had close ties to the US?  Why are some people worried about that?
5. How did OPEC react to the Yom Kippur War?
6. Is everyone in the Middle East wealthy from oil?  Explain in detail.
7. What is one viewpoint as to why the US is involved in Afghanistan?
8. How is the Golan Heights related to Israel’s water supply?
9. Why is Iraq and Syria worried about water coming from Turkey?
10. What is the name of the proposed Turkish dam and how big will it be?
11. Are there any ethnic groups affected by the proposed dam?  If so, how does the Turkish government plan to deal with these human issues?
12. How many countries will be involved in the construction of the dam and how much will it cost?
13. What could be the environmental effects of the dam?
14. What are the cultural affects of the dam?
15. Detail the political implications of the proposed dam.
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 Human Impact in the ME
Human Impact

Individually, use the websites below to answer the following questions.  Copy these questions into a WORD document, answer the questions in complete sentences, and print out your finished copy for credit.
 
Floods and Dams
1. Name three Rivers which caused human misery due to flooding.  How many died and when?
2. How can flooding benefit humans?
3. List three types of flooding that cause death and destruction.
4. Other than building a dam, what other construction technique has been used to control flooding?
5. In addition to heavy rains, how can humans actually cause flooding?
6. List three ways humans can lessen the effects of flooding.
7. Explain the two ways dams can help.
8. Explain the ways dams can hurt.
Ozone and Pollution
9.What happened to London, United Kingdom in 1952?
10.List the poisons found in polluted air.
11.What is Acid Rain, where does it come from, and what is its effects?
12.Describe the Anacostia River.
13.List the type of pollutants found in world rivers.
14.Other than affecting humans, how does the river pollution affect native wildlife?
Deforestation and Desertification
15.How much damage has already been done?
16.How has deforestation affected Africa?
17.Describe how trees help with carbon dioxide.
18.Describe what began happening within Africa in 1968.
19.List the ways good soil can become desert.
Overpopulation
20.What was the world’s population in 8000BC?
21.Where has population growth stopped and where is it still growing?
22.How does the population of Europe compare to the population in Africa?
23.In the areas with the largest population growth; list the basic services the people lack.
24.What is being done to lessen the affects of overpopulation?
 
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