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Welcome to our Syria to Sam Houston Google Earth Tour

Syria:
Cultural Significance:
Syria is the name given to the region by the Greeks and the Romans and derives from the
Babylonians.Which translates as "the northern region," "the north," "Syria,". Arabs continued to
refer to the area as Sham Up until the twentieth century. That name still is used to refer to the
entire area of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and the West Bank and has become a symbol of
Arab unity.
Historical importance:
Syria is a country that is located in the Middle East of the Mediterranean Sea and is bordered
from north down to the west by Turkey and Israel. Syria is known to have mass migrations
throughout the region that impacts various communities as there is no written record of the
period. The significance of the mass migration explains how agriculture became so widespread
in the region when it did but the theory was too far to prove.
Ecological Importance:
Syria borders Turkey to the North. One-third of their land is arable. There terrain is mostly desert
and is home to drought resistant plants. There is little wildlife. There areas of wolves, hyenas,
foes and the desert has lizards, eagles and buzzards.

Houston:

Houston is a good choice to house refugees because, we are a large city and we are home to
many diverse people. Houston has also had a history helping resettle 25 thousand people since
the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011.

Galveston Bay Estuary:

Cultural Significance:
This estuary is used as a base for research, professional, intellectual, and personal needs for the
Texas A&M University community.It also houses a library that supports interest, and emphasizes
marine studies.
Historical importance:
The seventh largest estuary in the United States, provides sea and fresh water to a wide variety of
marine life. During the 19th century, the galveston island was Texas largest city. It was one of
the top ports in the United States. In the 20th century, it was a major industrial center for oil.
Ecological importance:
Many species live here, this bay is home to bird-nesting uplands, oyster reefs, and a nursery that
produces 500,000 wetland plants per year. Estuaries are important because they provide water
filtration and habitat protection.

Sheldon Lake:
Cultural Importance:
The park has a cultural importance to be a place for tourist, educational reason and where
families can spend time together. The activities they give is fishing, and wildlife observations. It

is open everyday and allows public fishing for people to enjoy. There landscape shows the
techniques for using native plants and wildflowers to attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife
to your backyard.
Historical Importance:
It was built in the 1942 to provided water for war industries along the houston ship channel. It is
a 2,800 acre outdoor education and recreation facility located in northeast Harris County. The
land is 1,200 acres in which 800 is overloaded and 400 is a swampland. Sheldon lake has
survived influx of urbanization for over 50 years aa Houston grown.
Ecological Importance:
Park vegetation consists of a variety of grasses, woody plants and trees such as oak, pine,
cypress, sycamore.The marsh, lake and ponds contain a wide variety of water plants, including
several types of flowering water lilies. Typical animal life includes deer, raccoons, opossums,
rabbits and alligators. More than 20 species of ducks and geese, other waterfowl, and
occasionally bald eagles and osprey are present, mainly during winter months.

National Forest: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/texas/about-forest/districts/?

cid=fswdev3_008443
Ecological Importance:
This forest can support white-tailed deer, feral hog, waterfowl, doves, other migratory birds,
squirrel, quail, rabbits, hares, furbearers, and frogs. There are also endangered species that are
protected her such as the red-cokaded wood pecker.
Cultural Importance:

This park is an option for outdoor recreation activities such as camping, hiking, bicycling, and
wildlife viewing.
Historical importance: The three counties that surround the Houston National Forest which
were Montgomery, San Jacinto, and Walker. Have Found evidence that there was human life
12,000 years ago. There were tribes living there in basins of the San Jacinto and Trinity River,
the tribes are the Bidai, Patiri, Deadose, and Akokisa tribes. They were primarily hunter and
gatherers, one of the tribes mustve had a form of agriculture. The native indians died due to
pressure and diseases from european settlers, the indians went to extinction in the early 1800s.