Iraq-+Ciara&Tyler


 * __Iraq__**

==== Iraq is almost a land locked country. The southern tip of Iraq touches the Red Sea. Iraq is borderd by Tehran on the east. Kuwait to the south. Saudia Arabia, Jordan, and Syria to the west. Turkey to the north. The area of Iraq is 171,267sq mi. About 20,000,000 people live in Iraq. (CM) ====



Ethicity is a grouping based on a common cultural heritage distinguished by customs, language, race. Arab is the most common enthnic group in the middle east. 77% is Arab, 22% is Kuro, and 3% other. The one country in the middle east that has no Arab is Turkey.

Oil wealth per capita is the amount of wealth per person that comes from a countrie's oil resources. Since Iraq is such a large country, it has a large amount of oil. Iraq has a salary of $37,500 per capita.

Language is the way people communicate. There are many languages in the Middle East. They are: Turkish, Persian, Kurdish, English, Arabic, and more. Out of those languages Arabic is the official language of Iraq. Some people may speak similar languages, but Arabic is most used.

Life Epectancy is the average number of years members of a population are expected to live. In Iraq, the approximate life expectancy is sixty nine years. This is one of the lowest life expectancies in the middle east. I predict that living conditions aren't the best in Iraq. The three countries that have the highest life expectancies, in order, are Isreal (81 years), Kuwait (78 years) and Saudia Arabia (77 years).(CM)

Literacy is the ability to read and write effectivly. The men's literacy rate is 82% which is greater than Yemen's literacy rate, but less than Isreal. 63% is the literacy rate for women in Iraq. One thing that is shared amongst all of the countries in the middle east is that over 75% of men are literate. All men in the middle east are more literate than men. My guess is that women in Iraq don't have equal rights, so they aren't as educated.(CM)

Population dencity is the number of people per square mile. Iraq's population is about the half way between the countries in the Middle East. The Population dencity of Iraq is 154 people sqaure mile.The countries that have the largest population dencity are Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. The country that has the lowest population dencity is Lebanon .(CM)

There are many similarities between Iraq and America. For example, they have a primary language and and so do we. There are also many differences like how we make much more money. It is pretty obvios that it would be pretty rough to live in Iraq.

I noticed that some of your paragraphs were short and didn't have a whole lot of detail. I would suggest that you look at the paragraphs for any spelling or grammatical errors. I wanted to know a little bit more about what some specific details of how we are different from them. I was a little confused by your personal thoughts on each subject, if there were any. You used visuals, font, space, size and colors very effectively. Each picture represented the paragraph perfectly! I think that the most effective picture was the map because you could see the borders and where Iraq was. The only confusing part was the conclusion. I think it would help if you used some more details when explaining the differences. Overall, I think you did a really good job. Jackie L.

Great job guys! I noticed that whenever you'd tell the religion or language you'd also list the other common ones also. Also, when telling about the ethincity or population, you'd tell the percentage that belonged to other countries. I really liked the picture of the actual country that you used for the introduction because it gave me a visual of what you were describing. Also, i liked how you chose a font and a font color that was easy to read and didn't end up giving me a headache;) Overall i think you guys did awesome:-) -nora<3