Week of Aug 27: intro to Southwest Asia

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You know this region as the Middle East. A less ethnocentric term is Southwest Asia.

Ethnocentrism is one of the themes of geo class.

This week -
Mon.
Review of New Orleans, the river and coastal erosion. Hands-on project. Review for hand-sketched map quiz on Thurs.

Tues.
Intro to SW Asia, aka Petrolia.
Importance of the region to the world.
Strengths.
Difficulties.

Wed.
Intro to Islam.
The Five Pillars.

Thurs.
Map quiz on the Mississippi valley: 15 items.
- Quiz will comprise a sketch of the states and a selection of cities that immediately touch upon the Miss R.
- Mn, Wi, Io, Il, Mo, Ky, Tn, Ar, Ms, La
- Minneapolis, St Louis, Memphis, Baton Rouge, New Orleans
- scored on accuracy of placement and proportion (I only expect an approximation) and spelling of all items (no abbreviations of major names).

Fri. SW Asia research project.
- Librarians intro resources and software for project.
- Topics assigned.
- Use flashdrives to save material. Or email it to yourself.
- 5-day project.