PPT-Today’s Middle East -- Iraq

Charlie Browns Boot Zooming in Charlie Browns Boot Laces directions Label the geographic features cities and other locations from below on the map Follow the directions on labeling . 14 May 1948: Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion declares that Israel is an independent state.. Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, and Iraq invade on 15 May.. Fighting continues until Jan 1949.. Israel prevails and gains territory in Galilee to the north and the Negev Desert to the south.. 3500 B.C.E. - 331 B.C.E.. Greater Gods & Goddesses. of the ancient near east. Anu. . (chief deity of Sumerians) . - . god of the sky. Enlil. . (son of . Anu. ) . – . lord of the winds and the earth. STORIES. THAT MUST. BE HEARD. Four . years into the Syrian crisis, most of the 4 million Syrian refugees who fled to Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Egypt see no hope of returning home soon. . 3 . There are three peninsulas in the area – . Arabian. , . Anatolia. , & . Sinai. .. Peninsula. – a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.. The Sinai Peninsula is separated from Africa by the Suez Canal, which was dug in 1868.. Post-Colonial States . and . the . Struggle . for . Identity . in . the Middle East . since . World War Two. Foreign Policy Research Institute, History Institute for . Teachers:. Understanding the Modern Middle East:. The Middle East. FSMS. 7. th. Grade Social Studies; Unit 2. Change: U. S. Military Involvement in SWA. Gulf Wars I & II + War on Terror. Georgia Standard SS7H2(d). Standard. SS7H2 . The student will . The Middle East. FSMS. 7. th. Grade Social Studies; Unit 2. Change: U. S. Military Involvement in SWA. Gulf Wars I & II + War on Terror. Georgia Standard SS7H2(d). Standard. SS7H2 . The student will . SS7H2a: Explain how European partitioning in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to regional conflict.. SS7H2b: Explain the historical reasons for establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish connection to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Zionism in Europe.. The Middle East After 1919. The Middle East in WWI: The Ottoman Empire. Ottomans fought with Germany and Austria Hungary. Challenge British control of the Suez canal & their colonies. Regain territory lost to Nationalist groups in the Balkans. An . ethnic group . is a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs that have been a part of their community for generations. . The characteristics they may have in common could included a language, a religion, a shared history, types of foods, . d. Explain U.S. presence and interest in Southwest Asia; include the Persian Gulf conflict and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. . Nation of Israel Created. 1948. Israel is founded as a Jewish State. Why was it called the Middle East?. The Arab world in the 8. th. Century. The Ottoman Empire – 16 and 17. th. Centuries. Today it looks like this. What the Arab world invented and refined. Musical scales and notation. Middle East After WWI. The Ottoman Empire after WWI was divided between France and Great Britain – essentially becoming colonies under the . Mandate . System. . (*question on final about this!). It is during this period that . SS7G5 The student will locate selected features in Southwestern Asia (Middle East). . a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Euphrates River, Jordan River, Tigris River, Suez Canal, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Gaza Strip. .