Economics BUNDLE for Southwest Asia Reading (SS7E4, SS7E5, SS7E6) GSE

Your students will love learning about economics in the Middle East with these engaging, no prep reading activity packets! These are perfect for adding literacy to your social studies curriculum because they're academically-aligned for ELA and for social studies. Plus, they're so easy to use that you can even leave them for sub plans or use as homework packets!

Focus Nations: Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey

Resource 1: Economic Models in Southwest Asia (SS7E4a)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Writing Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 2: Economic Continuum in Southwest Asia (SS7E4b) 

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizers
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 4: Specialization in Southwest Asia (SS7E8a)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizers
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Writing Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 4: Specialization in Southwest Asia (SS7E5a)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Application Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 5: Trade Barriers in Southwest Asia (SS7E5b)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Writing Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 6: Currency Exchange in Southwest Asia (SS7E5c)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Map Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 7: OPEC in Southwest Asia (SS7E5d)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Map Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 8: Literacy Rates & Standard of Living in Southwest Asia (SS7E6a)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Chart & Map Activity
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Summarizing Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 9: Human Capital & GDP in Southwest Asia (SS7E6b)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Writing Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 10: Capital Goods & GDP in Southwest Asia (SS7E6c)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Graphic Organizer
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Chart Skills & Map Skills Activity
• Writing Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 11: Role of Oil Distribution in Southwest Asia (SS7E6d)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Writing Activity
• Answer Keys

Resource 12: Role of Entrepreneurship in Southwest Asia (SS7E6e)

• Passage (leveled for 7th grade)
• Matching Activity
• Multiple Choice Activity
• Chart Skills Activity
• Answer Keys

Standards Covered:

❏ Georgia Standards of Excellence

SS7E4 Analyze different economic systems.

a. Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.

b. Explain that countries have a mixed economic system located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.

c. Compare and contrast the economic systems in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

SS7E5 Explain how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Southwest Asia (Middle East).

a. Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.

b. Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargoes.

c. Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.

d. Explain the primary function of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

SS7E6 Describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

a. Evaluate how literacy rates affect the standard of living.

b. Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).

c. Explain the relationship between investment in capital goods (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP per capita).

d. Explain how the distribution of oil has affected the development of Southwest Asia (Middle East).

e. Describe the role of entrepreneurship 

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