9.20.13 - Syria Backgound Lab Work - AM Core

In the lab, create a new Google Doc and share it with Mr. Alpert. The title of the document will be “SyriaFacts.” Remember to save your titles as follows: “Core.AM.LastName_SyriaFacts.”

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Note the following things about Syria:

1. Where is it located?

-What states and/or bodies of water does it border? What are its geographic coordinates? What is its area in square kilometers?

2. What is the country’s capital?

Find the following information in the “Introduction” section:

3. Who is Hafiz Al-Asad and how did he come to power? To answer this question, you will need to know the definition of “coup d’etat.” Look it up at www.merriam-webster.com

4. Who replaced Hafiz Al-Asad once he died?

5. What happened in March 2011? Explain this in detail using several sentences explaining why the protests were happening.

6. According to the Factbook, do the protests continue? Why or why not and what is the result?

Read the following article from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16979186

7. Summarize the section entitled “How did it all start?” in at least two complete sentences.

8. Summarize the section entitled “What do the protestors want and what have they got?” in at least two complete sentences.

9. Summarize the section entitled “Chemical Weapons” in at least two complete sentences.

10. Summarize the section entitled “What have other countries have decided to do?” in at least two complete sentences.

11. Summarize the section entitled “The Refugee Crisis” in at least two complete sentences.

12. Summarize the section entitled “What happens next?” in at least two complete sentences.
Read the following information entitled "What is a refugee?": http://www.unrefugees.org/site/c.lfIQKSOwFqG/b.4950731/
13. What is a refugee?
14. What is an IDP?
15. Who is a returnee?
16. Who is a stateless person?
17. Who is an asylum seeker?
18. What is the difference between a refugee and an economic migrant?
19. What is the 1951 Refugee Convention?