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 Sa udia Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East, with 972,000 square miles. 34.9 million people live there. Saudia Arabia is in the center of the Middle East. The Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea surround this massive. It’s neighboring countries are Yemen, Oman and the U.A.E. to the south: and Iraq and Jordan to the north. With a large area and lots of people, Saudia Arabia is a promising country.(CB)  **Source Citation:** "Map of Saudi Arabia." //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**Document Number:** BX2210054627

Ethnicity is a grouping based on common cultural heritage, distinguished by customs, langue, nationality, or race. Suadia Arabias’ major ethnicity is Arab, like most other countries in the Middle East. In Suadia Arabia, Arab is 99% of the ethnicity, with the other 1% as “other”.I see that there is not a lot of ethnicity diversity in this country. (CB)  **Source Citation:** "Saudi Arabia: Ethnic Make-up." (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**Document Number:** BX2210095285

The official language of Saudia Arabia is Arabic. Languages are the vocal sounds or words common to a nation or group of people. Arabic is the official language of most countries in the Middle East. Although other countries have other major languages prier to Arabic, unlike Suadia Arabia, with only one major language. Even though Arabic is the one major language in Saudia Arabia, there is probably some people in that country that speak a different language,like Arabic. Having a lot of officail languages,like some countries, can make the country grow apart if everyone is speaking a different language.(CB)

 **Source Citation:** "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

**Document Number:** BX2210030655 Life expectancy in Saudia Arabia is the 3rd highest of all Middle East, at an average of 75 years. Life expectancy is the average number of years members of a population are expected to live. 75 years seems like a pretty high life expectancy in the Middle East. Israel has a life expectancy of 81 years, which is the highest in the Middle east. Kuwait holds the second highest life expectancy of 78 years. The average for all the countries in this area is around 70 years. (CB)

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 * I appreciated how you worded the introduction paragraph. You gave a little more information than required which made the introduction really interesting to read. I wanted to know more about the other languages spoken in Saudi Arabia that you described in the second paragraph. I would challenge you to list the countries that have a higher life expectancy than Saudi Arabia. You used visuals, font, space, size, and colors effectively like the picture of multiple ages that clearly showed life expectancy. The most effective picture is the graph of ethnicity because it clearly showed all the ethnicities in Saudi Arabia. There really weren't any confusing pictures. You did a great job and you had such good details! -Ida;)<3 **

**Gale Document Number:** GALE|CT4099934461 Population density is the average number of people per square mile. Saudi Arabia’s population is 28.1 million which is a lot but not as big as some other countries like Egypt, Turkey and Iran. Also the area is 927,000 square miles so the amount of people is spread out and the amount of people is smaller per square mile. Maybe this happens because since it is such a large country and a medium population, not as many people fit per square. The population density in Saudi Arabia is 34.9 people per square mile which is the lowest population density in the Middle East.(CT)  __**Source Citation:**__"Saudi Arabia." Countries and Their Cultures. Ed. Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember. Vol. 4. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001. General OneFile. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.(CT)

Literacy is the ability to read and write efficiently. The literacy rates in Saudi Arabia are 85% for men and 70% for women. These literacy rates are very high compared to other countries in the Middle East. Also this compares to other countries because in most countries men are also very literate. Lastly, in most countries, including Saudi Arabia, for some reason women have a smaller literacy rate than men which I think means they aren't taught to read and write as well as men.(CT)

__ **Source Citation:** __ Library Of Congress Exhibits Parts Of Japanese Collection In Washington."UPI  Photo Collection. United Press International , 2010. General OneFile. Web. 20 Mar. 2012.(CT)

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Oil wealth per capita is the amount of wealth per person that comes from a countries oil resources. Saudi Arabia’s oil wealth per capita is 4,796. This is a lot. This means that Saudi Arabia has lots of oil and recourses in their country. I think this can help their country out a lot because it makes their country richer. Some countries though don’t have lots of oil and resources at all, but still are very wealthy, like Israel, which means they make money a different way than selling oil and resources. (CT)

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__ **Source Citation:** __ Oil Pipeline." (Corbis) The Blackbirch Encyclopedia of Science & Invention. 4 vols. Blackbirch Press, 2001. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012.  http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits (CT)

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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">There are many reasons Saudi Arabia is unique and a little different than other countries in the Middle East. One difference is the size of Saudi Arabia is the largest in the Middle East but there are other big countries in the Middle East also like Iran and Afghanistan, but not as big as Saudi Arabia. Also what is unique about Saudi Arabia is they have an incredible amount of oil and resources and their oil wealth per capita is 4,796. Another thing that is unique and different about Saudi Arabia is most Middle Eastern countries <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 36px;">aren't <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> very literate but Saudi Arabia is very literate. Lastly Saudi Arabia is different because their life expectancy is 75 years which is very high compared to other countries in the Middle East. You can definitely tell that Saudi Arabia is a little different than some other countries in the Middle East but aside from the differences it is a very unique country.(CT) ======

i was confused about a sentence in the intro paragraph you said " Saudi Arabia is generally in the middle of the middle east" when I read this I got a little confused. I immediatly thought " do the countrie move?" So maybe you could make that a little more clearer. I wanted to learn more about ethnicity in saudi arabia. How does it compare to other countires so maybe you could explain that some more. I noticed that a couple of times throughout your wiki you forgot to add your opinion on the matter. What do you think of Saudi Arabia? So you should go back and double check that you had that. I would suggest that you go back and look for capitals and grammatical errors also,I noticed that you had spaces in between you sentences for example the conclusion paragraph has spaces between it. You had great visuals, your font, space, size, and colors were used effectivly to deliver his/her message. The picture that I thought was most effective would proually be the picture of Saudi Arabia. It showed viewers how big Saudi Arabia is and where it was locted and who are its surrounding neighbors. I think that the population density picture was hard to read so if you make it a little bigger then that would be great. I think your Piece about Saudi Arabia is great and you did a veery nice job on it! And you had such great detail good job! - Meghan D.