Iraq-+Regan&Nick

Iraq is a relatively large country located in the center of the Middle East. The Tigris River and Euphrates River both flow directly through Iraq, providing it with lots of water for fishing and cultivating crops. The tip of Iraq is surrounded by the Persian Gulf. It's located south of Turkey, west of Iran, northwest of Kuwait, northeast of Jordan, and southeast of Syria. Iraq's population is 24,800,000 which is an average population in the Middle East. Its area is 171,267 square miles. Iraq is a very diverse country, and is rich in natural resources. (RL)

Map of Iraq

 * 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

Language is the vocal sounds and words common to a particular nation or group of people. The languages in Iraq are very diverse. The official language in Iraq is Arabic, but many other languages are also spoken as well. Assyrian and Armenian are only spoken in Iraq, which makes it a diverse country, and different from all of the other countries. However, it's similar to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Egypt because their official language is also Arabic. There are many different languages in Iraq because many people must have settled there and spread their language from their home country. (RL) //A page from the Koran (or Qu?ran)..//. IRC, 2005. //Discovery Education//. Web. 26 March 2012. .
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Religion is a system of beliefs and worship, often involving a code of ethics and philosophy. The most common religion in Iraq is Shi'i Islam. However, people in Iraq also practice Sunni Islam and Christianity. Iraq is similar to Iran and Yemen because their primary religion is also Shi'i Islam. But, Iraq is different from Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Egypt because their primary religion isn't Sunni Islam, Judaism, or Christianity. There are many religions in Iraq because travelers may have passed through there and shared their religions with the people living in Iraq. (RL)
 * Source Citation:** "Major Religions in 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

Literacy is the ability to read and write effectively. The approximate percentage of literate women is 65% and the approximate of literate men in Iraq is 84%. These percentages are average-to-low compared to those of other countries in the Middle East. For example, the literacy rate in Yemen is lower than 50% for women, but every other country in the Middle East's literacy rate for men and women is higher than 50%. There are average-to-low literacy rates in Iraq because many of the people living there don’t get a quality education, or education at all, especially women. (RL)


 * Source Citation:** "Literacy in 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

Life Expectancy is the avarge years people are expected to live. In Iraq their life expetancay is 70 persent witch is avrage. Isreal with the highest life expectancy is 81persent. Kuwait is 77persent and yeman is 62 pesent so iraq is avrage. people in iraq might have better helth or more food that other contrys witch makes iraq avrage. (N.N)



Urbinization is a populated area in a contry. Iraq is 72 % urdinizated. Other contryes like kuwait and iran that are 95 %. Yeman witch is least urbinized with only 33%.there is a lots of enpty land in iraq but some very urdinized places to. (N.N)

Ethneyicy is a group based on common coulter haterage. They are 5 different ethnic groups in iraq sunni kurd, sunni arad/sunni kurd, sunni arad, shia arad/sunni arad and shia arab. view the picture below to see the religious and ethnic groups in iraq.(N.N)

Religio-Ethnic Map of Iraq. 0 Retweet 0 Share 9 StumbleUpon 0 Printer **...**

**After reading through your wiki post, I noticed how you used a lot of detail to describe the religion in Iraq, and you gave a lot of information to support your writing. I would suggest that the writer goes back and checks spelling and grammatical errors, also capitalize the country Iraq. I was confused about the ethnicity paragraph because I don't understand how Saudia Arabia could be the most common ethnic group in the Middle East. You did not add visuals for Urbanization and Life Expectancy so I would suggest adding one to those paragraphs. You could add color to some of the paragraphs to make it even more interesting than it already is to read. The font, size, and space was good for the post assignment. The most effective picture is the religion one. It clearly shows that the main religion in Iraq is Muslim, and it tells how there is a small percent of other people who are Christian or other. There are no confusing pictures that could be improved. Over all good job Regan and Nick!** **~Jacquelyn I.~**

thank you for the helpful feedback ill make sure to fix that stuff