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Essential Question: How much does geography shape a country? Chapters * Mexico * North Africa * Arabia and Iraq * Japan and the Koreas Preview Before you begin the chapter, think about the Essential Question. Understanding how the Essential Question connects to your life will help you understand the chapter you are about to read. Watch the videos below and think about how the Essential Question connects to Shaimaa and Asuka's lives.

Connect to Your Life 1. How have geographic elements such as parks, lakes, rivers, local weather, local crops, school size, and recreational activities affected your life? 2. In what ways can these and other geographic elements affect each other? For example, in what way can cold weather affect the type of recreational activities available in a region? Connect to the Chapter 3. Preview the chapter by skimming the chapter's text, headings, and images. Think about ways that the influence of geography on families and communities applies to nations as well. Then predict how geographic elements such as physical features, climate, natural resources, population, and culture have affected the country or region in your chapter. After reading the chapter, return here. Were any of your predictions correct? Writer's Workshop 4. Throughout this chapter, you have explored the Essential Question in your text, journal, and On Assignment at myworldgeography.com. Use what you've learned to write an essay in response to the Essential Question. Use the Writer's Workshop page in your journal to learn more about your assignment and to plan your essay. Write the essay using the Writing tool in this classroom.

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