1. 1. What type of job do you think people on Island C work in?
2. Why do you think that Island D has a very small population?
3. What island do you think that tourists would stay on?
4. How do you know that these islands have a high temperature?
5. Where would tourists go to be able to climb a physical feature?
6. What island would animal lovers visit most?
Key
N
S
EW
=Lakes
=Volcano
=Mountain Peak
=Pineapple
Farm
=Hotel
A
A =Airport
A
A
A
Equator
=Gorilla Sanctuary
3. Objectives
Students will be able to discuss why
Istanbul is both unique and important?
Students will be able to discuss culture
of Turkey.
Religion
Hagia Sophia
Wrestling…. Just wait and see.
5. A little larger than
the state of
______________.
Turkey lies on two
continents,
__________________
and ________________.
6. The Land
The European and
Asian parts of Turkey
are separated by three
important waterways,
________________
Sea of ______________
___________________
These waterways are
known as the
__________________.
7.
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9.
10. Wrestling?? Camel wrestling in Turkey
is one of the most popular
sports in the country.
The camel is natural
wrestler. Their humiliating
technique is close to the
method used by human
wrestlers.
The camel owner is more
concerned with preventing
their camel from being hurt
than the victory, he can
throw a rope on the ground
which means that he
accept defeat. The match
lasts for 10-15 minutes
12. Land II
Highlands and plateaus
cover most of Turkey.
The “Heart of Turkey” is
the ________________
plateau.
Mountain ranges surround
this highland with the
________________ mountains
in the north and
the ________________ in the
south.
13. Peopl
e
Most of Turkey’s
______ million people live
in the northern part of the
Anatolian Plateau.
______________ is the
major language, but a
few other languages
such as Arabic are
spoken.
98% of the Turkish
people practice
________________.
15. Cities of
Turkey
60% of Turkey’s people live in
cities.
Nearly 10 million people Live in
Turkey’s largest city,
________________. This city was at
one time one of the strongest cities
in the world. It did have a different
name at the time
__________________________.
Turkey’s capital is
_______________ with a population
of almost 5 million people.
17. Rural
Areas _______________ of
Turkey’s people live
on farms or in small
villages.
Since the mid
_____________, people
have been moving to
cities for work.
Some have left Turkey
in search of work
elsewhere.
18. History
Most of Turkey’s people are
descendants of an Asian
people named the
_____________.
These people
____________________,
meaning they moved, to the
Anatolian Plateau during the
900s.
The ______________
established a Muslim empire
in Turkey.
19. Hagia Sophia
The current building
was originally
constructed as a church
between A.D. 532 and
537 on the orders of the
Emperor Justinian.
The name is translated
to mean Holy Wisdom
It was the religious focal
point of the Eastern
Orthodox Church for
nearly 1000 years.
In 1453, Constantinople
was conquered by the
Ottoman Turks and
Sultan Mehmed II
ordered the building to
be converted into a
Mosque.
20. Hagia
SophiaAlmost Nominated as one of the New 7
Wonders of the World in 2007. Did not win in
the popular vote, but it is an honor to have been
one of the top 24 finalists.
21. A New Country During World War I,
the Ottomans were
defeated and
_________________, a
military hero became
the first president of
the new country.
Modern Turkish
people remain proud
of their ancient
Ottoman heritage.
