Lebanon-+Juliana&MattG

Lebanon borders the south of the Mediteranean Sea. It is surrounded by Isreal and Jordan to the south and Syria to the east. 3.9 million people inhabit its 4015 square miles. Lebanon is a small country in the Middle East, but it has a lot to bring to the table. MG

Language is the vocal sounds or words common to a perticular nation or group of people. In Lebanon the main languages are French and Arabic. Arabic is the official language of most of the Middle East. Egypt and Lebanon are the only Middle Eastern countries that speak French. MG //A page from the Koran (or Qu?ran)..//. IRC, 2005. //Discovery Education//. Web. 26 March 2012. .

Population density is the average number of people per square mile. The population density in Lebanon is 952 people per square mile. Compared to other countries it is very small in size but it has the highest poulation density in the Middle East. The countrie with the smallest population density is Isreal with only .782. They are both generaly the same size countrie but there is a difference of 951.218 population density. The reason why it has a large population density might be because its on the sea shore. MG //Refugees in a camp near Beirut.//. IRC, 2005. //Discovery Education//. Web. 26 March 2012. .

Urbanization is an industrealized area on the amount of cities in an area. Lebanon is mostly urbanized at 75% and is about average. It is 18% less than the highest number urbanized. It is 42% more than the least number urbanized. Lebanon has the same number urbanized as one of the biggest countries in the Middle East (Saudi aAabia). Lebanon might have a good number of urbanization because its near trading. MG //A general view of Beirut, Lebanon.//. IRC, 2005. //Discovery Education//. Web. 26 March 2012. <http://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Literacy is the ability to read and write effectively. In Lebanon, the percentage of men that are literate is about 92%. However, the percentage of literate women is about 82%. The gap between the men and women is the second smallest being at a difference of 10%. It is nothing compared to the gap of Yemen (45%) though. In all of the Middle East countries 50% or more men are literate. It is the same way with the women; all of the countries (except Yemen) have the women at 50% or more being literate. It seems that school is available to most of the people in Lebanon, but the culture believes it is more important for men to have a education than women. JR



Ethnicity is a grouping based on a common culture heritage, distinguished by customs, language, nationality or race. The largest ethnic group in Lebanon is Arab, but Armenian and others are also contained in it. Arab is the most common ethnic group in all of the Middle East countries. Being that Lebanon has three different groups instead of the regular two in most countries makes it very unique. It seems that the Middle East must have been inhabited by Arabs early on because Arab is the largest ethnic group in most countries in the Middle East. JR



Religion is a system of beliefs and worship, often involving a code of ethnics and philosophy.The most common religion in Lebanon is Christianity, like some other countries. Though when Shi'i and Sunni are put together they almost equal it. Sunni is practiced by the majority of Middle East people. Druze is also practiced in Lebanon, but it is not as popular as the others. Lebanon is the most diverse country (in the category of religion) because of its four religions. All of the others have three or less. The people in Lebanon seem to have come from many different places resulting in one country having a bunch of different religions. JR



Lebanon is its own country in the way that sometimes it is like the other countries in the Middle East, but other times it is distinctly unique. French is one of the main religions alongside Arabic. This is not like most Middle East countries. Most countries speak Arabic, but French is not common among all of them with the exception of Egypt. Lebanon's urbanization is about average (75%). Its population density though is not normal having the highest number (952 people per square mile) but still being the smallest country. Lebanon is sometimes average, but other times can be completely unique based on the statistics. JR

I appreciate how the author worded the beginning of every paragraph with a definition of the word which is good because it helps the reader have a better understanding of the topic. I noticed that there is a lot of good information in the paragraphs for the reader to learn more about Lebanon. I wanted to know more about population density. What is the difference between Lebanon's population density and the country with the least? The author does use the visuals, font, space, size, and colors effectively. They clearly displayed good information about Lebanon in an organized way. The most effective picture is the one for population density. It is most effective because it shows a large family and in the background it has several tents to show how many families live in one small part. The picture of Arabic writing is a little confusing but after looking at it for a while I understood what it was.

T he author has very dense writing. I noticed that the paragraphs are very well written. I would like to know more about the similarities and differences with Lebanon and other countries in the middle east. I enjoyed the font, spacing, colors, and how the pictures correspond with the writing. I like the picture for Ethnicity because it clearly shows how most people are Arab than any other religion. The picture for language confused me at first but after looking at it i understood it. (JT)

I noticed that the authors used the pictures to show the exact amount of religions and ethnic make-ups. I would like to know more about the religions such as how they were strict and what were the order for women. I enjoyed how the author compared Lebanon to many other countries like Saudi Arabia. Good Job. J.W

After recieving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three changes:

1) I went back into my second paragraph and added the countrie in the middle east with the smallest population density. 2) I enlarged the photo of arabic writting so that its not confusing. 3) I mentioned the difference between the population density of lebanon and the smallest population density countrie.

From the feedback process I learned to be more clear when describing and include many details. Also to make sure that the visuals are easily visable and not confusing to other readers. Matthew G.

After receiving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three changes:

1) In my religion paragraph, I added a sentence about how Sunni is practiced by the majority of Middle East people. This is one more comparison to the other countries. 2) In all of my writing I went through and fixed a couple of grammatical errors I missed when I had looked through it before., like spelling. Especially in the conclusion paragraph. 3) My feedback told me to add more comparisons to other countries so in the literacy paragraph I added a part about the most countries having both men and women at a 50% or more rate of literacy.

From the feedback process I learned to always check over your work and to always take into consideration a person giving you feedback. In your head it might sound right, but to another person it might be confusing. Also, I need to always include many details for other people to learn about. Juliana R.