Transcript WORLDAFFAIRS POWERE POINT Till 9:19:08

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IRAQ
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What does that
video clip tell us
about Iraq? What
exactly did you
see in the clip?
List 10 different
things
1/2 page
• Write a biography and an autobiography
based on what you learned about your
classmates yesterday. Each response
must be a 1/4 page
• If you were not here write 1/2 page
biography about yourself
Brainstorm
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Physical Geography
People Geography
Economic Landscape
History
Current Situation
On board
9/8/08
• Where is Iraq?
• What religion do most of the people in
Iraq follow?
• Who is at war in Iraq?
Iraq
• What should the USA do next?
• 1. We need to first know the people,
history, and region
Ethnic v. Linguistic v.
Religious Background
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Define ethnic background
Provide an example of an ethnic background
Define religious background
Provide an example of an ethnic background
What is the difference between one’s religious and
ethnic backgrounds
• Ethnic group: a sizable group of people
sharing a common and distinctive racial,
national, religious, linguistic, or cultural
heritage.
Religious Background
• Shi’I (Shi’a)
– Minority and in power under Saddam
– Followers of Hussein
– Equity and Social Justice
• Sunni
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Sunni Iraqi Majority but Islamic Minority
Follow Mu’awiya
Emphasize Conformity and Social Stability
Believe their Majority status and power is a result of the rightness of
faith.
• Christian
• Jews
• Atheist
Video
• http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=sunni
%20and%20shia%20split&safe=on&um=1&ie=UTF8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=sunni%20and%20shia%20what
%20is&hl=en&emb=0
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7686158170571336002&ei=VTLBSMqGHKfyAGAk6S4CQ&q=shia+sunni+what+is&vt=lf&hl=en
• http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=sunni
%20and%20shia%20split&safe=on&um=1&ie=UTF8&sa=N&tab=wv#q=sunni%20and%20shia%20expali
ned&hl=en&emb=0
Write a 3/4 summary and
analysis of the video.
• What was the main topic?
• What are the characteristics of this
video?
• Why was it made?
• What bias did the film maker
incorporate into the film.
Week Work
• Define Ethnic Background
• Define Religious Background
• What is the religious background of
most Iraqi’s?
• What are the major sects of Islam?
• What is your ethnic background?
Week Work
Define a level 1 question
Define a level 2 question
Define a level 3 question
What is the difference between a level 2 and level 3
question?
Week Work
• Who do Shia believe the successor to the Prophet
Mohamed should be?
• Who do Sunni believe the successor to the Prophet
Mohamed should be?
• What was the main point of the Sunni/Shia article?
Shia v. Sunni
• Levels of Questions
• Study Group
• Q&A
Week Work
What group lives in the oil rich regions of
Iraq?
Why must we understand that religious
differences in Iraq play a major role in
shaping society?
What forms of class in the USA are similar
to Shia and Sunni in Iraq?
Religion a polarizing agent
• Saddam Hussein hoped to create a secular gov’t
called the Ba’athists party
– Secular- not based in religion
• Saddam created a political machine by building a
Sunni support base
– Political machine- an operation in which political power is
secured by building and rewarding supporters through jobs,
money, and power
What is the contradiction?
Did Saddam create a two-tiered society?
Linguistic Background
• Kurd’s- 1/4 of population and Sunni
Muslim’s
– nomadic herders that live in the North
– Hope to create their own nation
• 2/3 Arab
• An Arab is a person whose language is
Arabic, who lives in an Arabic speaking
country, who is in sympathy with the
aspirations of the Arabic speaking
peoples.
• A Kurd is a person in the Iranian-speaking
ethno-linguistic group indigenous to a region
often referred to as Kurdistan, an area that
includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria,
and Turkey.
Week Work (Mon)
Define Arab?
Define a Kurd ?
What sect of Islam are the Kurds?
Why did Saddam not like the Kurds?
Iraqi Ethnic/
Sectarian Groups
Shi’a
60%
Sunni
20%
Kurd
17%
Other
3%
TURKEY
Why Iraq is so
vital to regional
stability
Dahuk
Tall Afar
Mosul
Kurd
Irbil
Mixed
Kirkuk
Tikrit
SYRIA
Al Qa’im
IRAN
Samarra
Baqubah
Sunni Arab
Ramadi
Fallujah
Ar Rutbah
JORDAN
Karbala
Hillah
Al Kut
Mixed
SAUDI
ARABIA
BAGHDAD
An Najaf
Shi’a Arab
Al Amarah
As Samawah
An Nasiriyah
Al Basrah
Iraq situated on sectarian fault lines…
Regional balance and world security at stake
Foldable
ETHNIC BOX
1. Fold your paper into 4 sections
2. Draw an inner square that contains a part of the 4
folded squares
3. In the inner square Define Ethnic Group
2. Title the four outer square’s Sunni, Shi, Kurd, Arab
3. List the characteristics of the title in each square
4. In the inner square answer: How does the information
in the four outer square connect to the information in
the inner-square
Week Work (Tues)
List the 4 major ethnic groups in Iraq?
Why is the war in Iraq a power conflict and not a
religious war?
What else besides ethnic groups can be analyzed to
understand Iraq?
Religious War or Power
Conflict
Read and anyalize responses
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/mid
dle_east/jan-june07/sunni-shiite_0109.html
In Groups of 3
In groups of 3
WEN. Week Work
Write a paragraph that fills the
entire section an argument for
why the war in Iraq is a power
struggle or religious war.
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of the
earth and the way people live on it
and use it.
Five themes of geography
1. Location- Everything on the
earth has an absolute location
or exact position.
33 00 N 44 00 E.
Description of Place- Place explains what
an area is like by comparing its natural
features and human-made features to
those in other areas.
A fertile area straddling two great rivers. In
the Middle East, bordering the Persian
Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait
Human-Environment
Interaction
The environment is the surroundings in
which people, plants, and animals live.
People influence their environment, and
are influenced by their environment.
Iraq has extensive irrigation and the soil
has been primarily depleted , and many
oil fields in the North and East
Movement
Another theme of geography is
the movement of people, goods,
and ideas around the world.
UR, Library, Math
Regions
A region is an area with common
features that set it apart from
other areas.
Desert, Kurdish, Oil Fields
Harvard Outline
• Intro pg 2-4
Week Work Thur
• Define and List the 5 themes of
geography
Friday
• Eugene Cherry US Army
• Daread Iraqi Civilian
• Jessica AFSC
WHEELS OF JUSTICE
Week Work Tues
• Write a paragraph summarizing one of
the presentations on Friday or Monday.
Mapping Exercise
Week Work Wed
• In which part of Iraq is Baghdad
located?
• What are the 2 major rivers in Iraq?
• Why are the major highways in Iraq
located where they are?
Central and Southeastern Iraq
are lowlands that flood
periodically
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Al Jazirah is the island
between the Tigris and
Euphrates river
• The Euphrates
River at Khan
al-Baghdadi,
on the edge of
the Al-Jazirah
plateau in
north-central
Iraq.
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Southern Iraq is desert
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North is rolling hills and
mountains
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Map
Add on to your
map Al-Jazirah
Southern
desert
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Syrian Desert
Northern
Mountains
Iraqi Ethnic/
Sectarian Groups
Shi’a
60%
Sunni
20%
Kurd
17%
Other
3%
TURKEY
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ETHNIC
AREAS
Dahuk
Tall Afar
Mosul
Kurd
Irbil
Mixed
Kirkuk
Tikrit
SYRIA
Al Qa’im
IRAN
Samarra
Baqubah
Sunni Arab
Ramadi
Fallujah
Ar Rutbah
JORDAN
Karbala
Hillah
Al Kut
Mixed
SAUDI
ARABIA
BAGHDAD
An Najaf
Shi’a Arab
Al Amarah
As Samawah
An Nasiriyah
Al Basrah
Iraq situated on sectarian fault lines…
Map
CREATE YOUR OWN MAP OF IRAQ WITH KEY
GRADES ASSAIGNED FOR THE KEY, COLOR
COATED SYMBOLS, INFORMATION, AND
CLARITY.
INCLUDE MAJOR CITIES (5 +)
DESERTS
RIVERS
HIGHWAYS
OTHER COUNTRIES
MOUNTAINS
ETHNIC AREAS
Week Work Thur
What are the 2 major rivers in Iraq?
What is the Capital?
What nations border Iraq?
Geography vs.. Climate
In groups of 3 write the difference
between geography and climate. 1/4 page
Give a description of Milwaukee’s
geography and climate. 3/4 page
Write a paragraph describing the
places and geography you would find
on a map of Iraq
Climate
Mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot,
cloudless summers; northern mountainous
regions along Iranian and Turkish borders
experience cold winters with occasionally heavy
snows that melt in early spring, sometimes
causing extensive flooding in central and
southern Iraq
Geography
Define each, provide an
example in the USA, and list
whether it is a climate or
geography word
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Population
Desert
Oil field
Irrigation
Dust Storms
Gulf
Scale
Climate
Precipitation
Migration
Geography of Iraq Sheet
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