Iraq-+Emma&Ian

Iraq is mostly a landlocked country with only a little bit of coast on the Persian Gulf. If you were to look at a map of the Middle East, Iraq would be in the center, north of Saudi Arabia and east of Iran. It has 171,267 square miles with about 154 people per each square mile. That's 28.4 million people! Iraq is sort of an average country. [EP] Gross Domestic Product per Capita is the value of goods and services a country produces per person. At $3,700 it is one of the lowest in the Middle East, with the exeption of Yemen. I'm guessing that because of the recent war there, it isn't a good place to grow crops and not a lot of jobs. [EP] **Source Citation:** "Exports of Iraq." (Illustration by XNR Productions/Cengage Learning, Gale.) //The Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World//. Online Ed. Blackbirch Press, 2009. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits
 * Source Citation:** "Map of Iraq." //Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World//. 4 vols. U*X*L, 2002. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

On the contrary, it has one of the biggest Oil Wealth per Capita. Which is the amount of wealth per person that comes from the country's oil resourse. With a Oil Wealth of $1,147 it is alot, especially compared to other countries like Egypt, Isreal, and Yemen. Their oil wealth is $0. Based on how much oil they have compared to other countries in the middle East and the small amount of GDP(Gross Domestic Product) per Capita, they must get most of their money from the oil. [EP] **Source Citation:** "Popular Culture/Daily Life in Iraq." (Corel Corporation) //The Blackbirch Kid's Visual Reference of the World//. Online Ed. Blackbirch Press, 2009. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

Even though they have a lot of oil, there is a small amount of people per sqaure mile, which is called Population Density. The exact definition is actually the average amount of people per square mile. Their's is 154 people. Though suprisingly, that is pretty average for the Middle East. Judging on that information, Iraq seems to not be a very populated area. [EP]

Source Citation:
"Friday Prayers in Shrine of Imam Mussa Kadhim in Baghdad." //UPI Photo Collection//. United Press International, 2010. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 27 Mar. 2012.

The offical language of Iraq is Arabic.They also speak Kurdish, Armenian, and Assyran. Arabic is spoken in every country and is the major language in all but three countries. I think this is because Saudi Arabia is a big country and lots of Arabians must have immigrated to all of the other countries bringing their language with them. "Hebrew, Arabic, and English characters." (Blackbirch Press Photo Bank) //The Blackbirch Kid's Almanac of Geography//. Blackbirch Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

Religion is the beliefs that people believe in. The most commonly practiced Religion in Iraq is Islam/Muslim. This is the same with mostly all the countries in the Middle East. I think this is because people who immigrated from all the other countries bought their religion with them. (2005). //Steve Biko's grave, at King Williams Town.//. [Image]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com / Life expectancy is the amount of years each person is expected to live on average. The life expectancy in Iraq is seventy years. Which is about average to all the other countries. I wonder why the life expectancy in the middle east is lower then it is in the U.S.A? Maybe their medicine isn't as advanced as the U.S.A or they have hunger problems.

(2005). //Steve Biko's grave, at King Williams Town.//. [Image]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com Iraq is a pretty average country in the Middle East. In almost every category of demographics it is the same as all the other countries. For example in religion it practices Islam/Muslim which is the most practiced religion in the Middle East. Even though it's average it's still a very interesting country that was fun to learn about.

I noticed that the first two paragraphs dont have pictures. The picture that helped me the most is reliougn. I suggest that you find a new lauguage picture because I dont know what that is or how it relates to your paragraphs.

I understand well the picture of the religon because now I know that 98% of Iraq is Muzlum and 2% is not. I was confused about the picture for Language because all it is, is a big C which does not make sense to me because it does not show anything about Language. I wanted to know more about how Iraq is simular to other countrys in the Middle east.The picture that is most efective is the first one because it shows and explains about the oil. The picture that you can inprove on is the one with the C in the middle. You use everything correctly and effectively.(Brian M)

I really enjoyed this wiki, you guys did a great job! I would challenge you two to spell check on word since there are some spelling mistakes. I noticed there weren't any pictures in your 1st paragraph so I would suggest that you add one so you don't loose any points! I would have never known 98% of Iraq is Muslim and 2% is not but i would suggest you add what type of Islamic religion it is so it is more clear to your audience. I really liked you picture for life expectancy because it is clear that the paragraph has to do with life expectancy jut by looking at the gravestone. I think your most effective picture is the one for O.W.P.C. It is very clear for what it stands for. I got confused about the language picture, and the one for population density. The language picture is confusing because it is just a picture of a "C" and it doesn't really have to do with the language of Iraq. I understand your intent for your picture about P.D. but I think the audience might get confused since it is more of a religious photo than a P.D. one. Once you get the visuals straitened out then you will have used the visuals, font, space, size and colors effectively. I think this is so because the font is a good size and so is everything else. I would just suggest that you make sure the pictures are underneath the paragraph. It is clear you put a lot of effort into this and once you make those edits this will have been a great job done, GREAT WORK!- (Siobhan D.)

After receiving peer feedback I have made the following changes. 1) I changed the picture for the language paragraph from a picture of a neon "C" to a sign that had Arabic, Hebrew, and English on it. This is because Iraq's main language is Arabic. 2) In the paragraph about religion I changed the word counties to countries. Then in the language paragraph I changed the to them. 3) In the paragraph about life expectancy I added a sentence on why there may be a lower life expectancy in Iraq.

From the feedback process I learned that if you listen to feedback it can really make your paragraphs and pictures a lot better. I also learned that no matter how many times I proofread there's always going to be a mistake that I didn't noticed and that needs to be changed. Ian Ballou

After receiving feedback I have made the following changes: 1) I added a sentence to the first paragraph because I didn't think mine was descriptive enough. 2) I added a picture to the first paragraph because it didn't have one. 3) I changed some spelling errors such as changing dit to bit.

From this feedback process I learned that there is always something you could do better. Something I also learned is that you should always listen to feedback or at least just hear it out, it is no use to you if you shun it. [Emma Penafiel]