In week 1 you were give 4 articles, from different nations. On the final day of the week Richard had asked you to think of a Nation of interest. Today - I will get you to take a look at this nation in more depth - BUT - I will encourage you to select a nation different than others.
I will also ask you to sign in to two other online sites: netvibes and nicenet. For netvibes go to: http://www.netvibes.com. For nicenet you need: Class Name: 2FB Global Awareness: Collective Intellect Project, Your Class Key: T287468253.
For today, here, Post the following:
1. The nation you are researching: _______________________
(i.e. Sierra Leone and according to the US State Dept in 1652 the first North American slaves were taken from Sierra Leone)
2. The capital city of Sierra Leone is __________________
(i.e. the Capital of Sierra Leone is Freetown)
3. A main univeristy in Sierra Leone is?
(i.e. Fourah Bay College and was opened in 1827. A second is Njala University and is in the town called Bo. Neither have a working website)
4. Some environmental concerns in Sierra Leone
(i.e. water pollution, population increase, deforestation)
5. Physical geography of Sierra Leone is
(i.e. coastal mangroves, wooded hills, and mountains)
6. The population according to the World Bank is 5 600 000.
7. Famous people from Sierra Leone
A famous person from Sierra Leone was/is: Madieu Williams and has become a famous football player in the USA, see: http://www.madieuwilliams.org/
8. On National Geographics Website, I found the following page about Sierra Leone:
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/sierra-leone-guide/
9. A of the money Sierra Leone makes comes from Diamonds
10. According to Google news (20 minutes ago at the time of this post) diamond sales are down 20% in Sierra Leone.
For today - this will be enough, but have fun doing this.
Steve
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Saif Suhail AlBelooshi
ReplyDeleteSpain
The Capital of Spain is Madrid
Official Languge is Spanish
Population of Spain is 46,661,950
88% of them are Spanish 12% are Maroccans
Hi I am Ahmed
ReplyDeletecanada
Capital Ottawa
Largest city Toronto
Demonym Canadian
Official languages English and French
Area
- Total 9,984,670 km2
Population
- 2010 estimate 33,985,000
- Density 3.2/km2
HDI((Human Development Index))
#4 in the world
Currency Dollar ($) (CAD)
Winters can be harsh in many regions of the country,where daily average temperatures are near −15 °C (5 °F) but can drop below −40 °C (−40.0 °F)
1- USA
ReplyDelete2- Washington
3- a-Harvad university
b-Yale university
4- population is 308586000
5- deciduous forest
Appalachian Mountains
The mississippi-missouri river
Rocky Mountains
6- the area is 9826675km2
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ReplyDeleteEgypt
Capital:Cairo
President:Hosni Mubarak
Popultaion : 77.420.450
Area : 1.002450
Official Language: Arabic
Currency:Egyptian pound
Ancient:Pyramids , Aswan , Abulhowl
Religions : Islam , Christianity and Judaism
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ReplyDeleteKhaled Ahmed Albahhar
ReplyDeleteAlgeria
The Capital of Algeria is Algiers
The president of Algeria is Abdelaziz Bouteflika
The population of Algeria is 34895000
Offical languages is Arabic
1- The population of argentine is 40,134,425 in 2009
ReplyDelete2- The area of it 2,766,890 km
3- The official national sport of Argentina is pato
4- Holidays
- Historic holidays(25 May), - the Independence Day (9 July), ---
- National flag Day (20 June) ---the death of José de San Martín (17 August).
5- Food
- As ado - alfajores - scones - fideos
6- Education
- There are thirty – eight public universities
Abdullah Saeed Alneaimi
ReplyDeleteUnited Kingdom
Kingdom of great britin was created on 1 May 1707.
HM Queen Elizabeth the second is queen of the UK.
The four countries of UK are: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
London is capital of Uk and it ranked as the most population in UK Witch is 7,172,091 in 2001.
The main language is English.
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Abdulla AlBahhar
ReplyDeleteLibya
Capital : Tripoli
Leader : Mummar AlGaddafi
Area : 1759541 km
Population : 6240000
Currensy : Dinar
Independece : Relinquished by Italy 1947
Religion : Islam 97%
Christianity 2%
Othres 1%
Official languages : arabic
( Omar AlMukhtar the leader of the Libyan uprising against Italian occupation )
Italy
ReplyDelete*Capital city : Roma
*Demonym : Itlian
*Official languages : Italian
*Government : Silivo Brelusconi
*Population : In 2009 about 60231214
*Phsical geography : Some Islands, lots of coast, The Apennie Moutains, the Alps, and lakes in the center.
*National food : Pasta, pizza, lasagna, focaccia and gelto
*Universities of : 1- Bocconi univerisy. 2- Polytechnic uiversity. 3- unoversity of milan.
*Transpore : Stard is main ofmain of raud way and it have 6500 KM and the Itlian Rial ways have 200 KM
Start in 1839 and in 1869 starded high speed trains and they have more than 100 airports and they have many boats.
*Arts : Italy famous for the leaning Tower of Pisa, The Roman Colossem
*Sports : Italy Famous For Ferrari Formula One Car .
1-cuba
ReplyDelete2-Area 110,861Km
3-Population 11million
4-Geography is island in gulf of maxco
5-national dish is the mouls black bean
6-unviersity is havana univrsity
7-transportet is Railways
ali ebrahim
ReplyDeleteTHE PRESIDENT OF TUNISIA ZINE ELABIDINE BEN ALI
GOVERMENT:REPUBLIC.
POPULATION:10.388.000 MILLION.
URBON POPULATION:65%.
CAPITAL:TUNIS.
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS ARABIC,FRENCH IS WIDELY USED.
LOCATION:NORTH AFRICA,BORDERING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA,BETWEEN ALGERIA AND LIBYA.
AREA:TOTAL:163,610 SQ KM.
LAND:155,360 SQ KM.
WATER:8,250 SQ KM.
BOUNDARIES:ALGERIA 965 KM LIBYA 459 SQ KM.
CLIMATE:TEMPERATURE IN NORTH WITH MILD, RAINY IN WINTER AND HOT,DRY SUMMERS.
CURRENCY:TUNISIAN DINAR(TND)
ETHNIC GRUOPS:ARABIC 98% EUROPEAN 1 % SMALL JEWISH MINORITY.CHRISTAIN 1 %.
PHSICALLY FEATURES:LOCATED IN N AFRICA, ON MEDITERRANEAN COAST.
TRANSPORTATION;RAIL WAYS,BUS AND TAXI.
NATURAL:PETROLEUM,PO4,IRON ONE,ZINC.
ENVIRONMENT:TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL IS INEFFECTIVE AND POSES.
Somalia: Hamad Rashed Alboodi
ReplyDelete1)The capital of somalia is Mogadishu.
2)Offical languages is Somali and Arabic.
3)Demonym of somalia is somali.
4)Government of somalia is coalition Government.
5)Prime Minister of somalia is Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke.
6)President of somalia is Sharif Ahmed.
7)Independence from UK in 26 Jun 1960 and From Italy in July 1960.
8)The Area Of Somalia is about 637,661 km square.
9)The population of Somalia in 2009 is about 9,133,000.
10)The Currency of Somalia is Somalia Shilling (SOS)
11)The History Of Somalia : Somalia has been inhabited by man since the paleolithic period.
12)The Universities of Somalia is:
a)Amoud Univesity
b)Benadir University
Amoud University:
- The Established in 1998
- The Rector Of Amoud Universty in Borama
- Tel: +252 24464069
Benadir University:
- Bendair Univesity was founded in 2002 as a medical school to help train somali Doctors.
- The Located in Mogadishu.
- Tel: +252 (1)658995
Hi my name is Mohammed Abdulrahman my following is about Sudan.
ReplyDeleteFamous building:National Museum.
Population:39.15 million in 2009.
National food:Type of bean - Dura,cooked maize or millet, which are eaten with various vegetable.
Transport:Airports,heliports,pipelinens, roadways,waterways,ports and terminals.
History:1821,started as military base.
1834,it become the capital of the sudan.
1898,Kitchener began to rebuild the city.
1929,the condominium was restored.
Universities:Sudan it have about 100 universities for example Sudan university of science and technology.
Weather:Extremely hot.
Physical Geography:location northen africa,bording the red sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.
Area:2505810sq km
Geography:largest country in Africa.
Capital
ReplyDelete(and largest city) Mexico City
National language Spanish, and 62 Indigenous Amerindian languages
Demonym Mexican
Area
- Total 1,972,550 km2
Population
- July 2009 estimate 111,211,789[
Area: 756,950 km2
ReplyDeletePopulation: 16,928,873
Physical Geography: Parinacota Volcano in northern Chile, Elqui Valley in north-central Chile,
Grey Glacier in southern Chile, Conguillío National Park in south-central Chile.
National food : *Cuisine of the North : Tortilla de mariscos
* Cuisine of the Central Coast: Caldillo de Congrio
* Cuisine of the South: Caldillo de Almejas
Universities: Universidad de Chile
Transport : Metros – aviation – Buses – Trains – Cars .
Building : Santiago skyline
president : Michelle Bachelet
BRAZIL
ReplyDeleteArea: 8,514,877 KM Square
Population: 192,272,890
Physical geography: 1- land: 8,459,417 km square
2- water: 55,460 km square
Islands:
• Fernando de Nornaho
• Rocas atoll
River:
• 1 – Amazonas
• 2- Paraguai
• 3- Parana
Forests: The Atlantic forest (the forest cover 60% of area)
National food:
1- Main food: feijoada, orange salad, polenta
2- For celebrating pepper – scented rice, corn cake
Universities: there are 73 Universities (Sao Paulo, universities of Brasilia, Rio Grande do sul)
Transport:
• Metro
• Tram
• Ship
Building:
• Mirante
• Rio sul center
• West side
The president: luiz inacio Lula da silva
Sport: snooker, foot volley, rugby union
I see a lot of excellent work being done here and was very happy to see just how much you were able to do it the first day in narrowing in on a nation.
ReplyDeleteGreat work! If you have not posted yet feel free to do at anytime - and if you have trouble we will discuss this in class.
Steve
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ReplyDeleteRussia
ReplyDeleteArea: 17075400 km2 (the largest country in the world)
Population: 141,927,297
Capital: Moscow
President: Dmitry Medvedev
Building: Ostankino TV Tower the tallest building
Religion: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism
Traditional food: Fresh vegetables, Boiled beef tongue, Sandwich with red caviar recipe …
Transport: Cars, train, plane …
Border: borders with the following countries (from northwest to southeast): Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan (by the Sea of Okhotsk) and the United States (by the Bering Strait).
Sports: olympic Games, football, ice hockey and basketball…
Weather: Winter is dry compared to summer in many regions.