GIS: Visualising the physical and human geography of the Middle East
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use GIS to locate the Middle East and analyse how urban populations are related to rainfall totals.
Key learning points
- The Middle East is a region of the world that spans parts of western Asia, north Africa and southeastern Europe.
- The Middle East has diverse physical and human landscapes.
- GIS can be used to identify countries within the Middle East.
- GIS can be used to analyse the relation between physical and human landscapes in the Middle East.
Keywords
Human landscape - made up of features that people have built or changed in the environment including cities, roads and farmland
Physical landscape - made up of natural features created by Earth, including mountains, rivers, deserts, coastlines and climate
Interconnected - how things are linked and affect each other
Common misconception
Rivers can't flow through areas with very low rainfall totals.
Rivers often flow through different climate zones, therefore their source may be in a mountainous area with high rainfall totals, but they may then flow through arid areas to the sea.
Teacher tip
Pupils may choose different variables to investigate depending upon the previous topics they have studied.
Equipment
Computers, laptops or tablets with an internet connection.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of these is a natural feature?
Q2.Many Middle Eastern countries oil to other parts of the world.
Q3.What does ‘tectonic’ relate to?
Q4.What is a desert?
Q5.Which of these is true about the Middle East?
Q6.What does ‘interconnected’ mean in geography?
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the keyword to the correct description:
Features built or changed by people
Natural features like rivers, mountains
Things linked and affecting each other
Q2.GIS helps us different types of geographic information on a map.
Q3.Which is an example of a human landscape feature?
Q4.Why is it important to understand how physical and human landscapes are interconnected?
Q5.Why might rivers flow through dry, low rainfall areas?
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