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Israel is a country in Southwest Asia bordered on the west by the Mediterranean Sea. It has Lebanon to the north of the country, and Jordan on the east of it.Egypt is the country that forms the southern border. 7.1 million live there, and it is 8,473 square miles. (WR)


 * Source Citation:** "Map of Israel." //Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World//. 4 vols. U*X*L, 2002. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

Ethnicity is a grouping based on common cultural heritage based on customs, race, nationality, and language. The ethnicity in Israel is very different compared to the other countries. Most people in Israel are Jewish. The most common ethnicity in Southwest Asia is Arab. Because Jewish is the main ethnicity inIsrael the language is affected too. (WR)


 * Source Citation:** "Bar Mitzvah in Israel." (Blackbirch Press Photo Bank) //The Blackbirch Kid's Almanac of Geography//. Blackbirch Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

The vocal sounds and words common to a particular nation or group of people is language. The main language in Israel is Hebrew. This is different from the other countries because Israel is the only place where Hebrew is spoken. The reason why a lot of people speak Hebrew is because the main ethnic group in Israel is Jewish, and they usually speak Hebrew. (WR)
 * 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. []

Religion is a system of beliefs and worship, often involving a code of ethics and a philosophy. The main religion in Israel is Judaism. This is extremely different from other countries in the Middle East where overall the main religion is Islam. The reason why there is a lot of Jewish influence in Israel is because the religion was started there. (WR)


 * Source Citation:** "Passover Seder." (© Richard T. Nowitx/Corbis.) //Eye Openers: Holidays//. Blackbirch Press, 2002. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits

Life expectancy is the average number of years members of a population are expected to live. In Israel the life expectancy is 80 years old. This is unique to other countries because it is the highest life expectancy in the Middle East. Maybe this is because it is on the edge of Southwest Asia and there isn't as much violence.


 * Source Citation:** "Yom Kippur." (© Bettmann/Corbis.) //Kids InfoBits Presents: Holidays of the World//. Thomson Gale, 2007. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

Literacy is the ability to read and write effectively. The literacy rates in Israel are 98 percent for men, and 95 percent for women. The boys and girls who are literate in Israel has the least gap between them compared to the other countries in southwest Asia.Israel has the highest literacy rate for boys and girls compared to other countries in Southwest Asia. This is probably because Israel provides an education for most people.
 * Source Citation:** "Literacy in Israel." (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. []

Urbanization is industrialized areas (city) in a country (percent).Israel is 90 percent urbanized, which is a very high percentage of urbanized area for a country in Southwest Asia.Israel is the second most urbanized country in Southwest Asia. I think this is because lots of people go to Israel as tourists, for their religion.


 * Source Citation:** "Jerusalem." (Blackbirch Press Photo Bank) //The Blackbirch Kid's Almanac of Geography//. Blackbirch Press, 2000. Reproduced in Kids InfoBits. Detroit: Gale, 2012. []

Israel is a unique country compared to it's neighbors in the Middle East. The people are Israeli and most speak Hebrew, whereas most people in the region are Arab and speak Arabic. Unlike many countries Israel has no oil wealth and still has $26,600 per capita which is he second most GDP per capita in the Middle East. The literacy rates for men and women (98 percent and 95 percent) are the highest in the Middle East. At 90 percent it's the second most urbanized country in the Middle East.Israel seems to have good health, and it would be fun to live their.

==**After reading your Wiki I liked how your conclusion really sums up your writing by giving good facts about your country and explaining why it is unique compared to other countries. I also noticed that your urbanization paragraph is very short and you might want to consider adding more to it. I understood all of the demographics of Israel and thought you did a nice job of explaining them. I would suggest that you capitalze Southwest Asia because it is a proper noun in all of your pararagraphs. Your source citations along with your pictures were flawless along with matching font, spacing and sizing. I would say the birds eye view picture of Israel really stands out the most because it sums up all you writing and shows what a beautifulo place Israel is ( and I liked how you put it near the conclusion because it sums up your writing). None of your pictures are confusing to me and overall it is very good Work. **==

**JA **
**First off, i noticed that in the first paragraph it says "7.1 live their,," and i dont know what that means but i infered that it meant 7.1 million people. I would sugest adding more of a personal oppinion int he first few paragraphs. I like how the author worded the urbanization paragraph. All the font looks good. No pictures were confusing.**
 * After reading your Wiki I noticed your intro and conclusion are really great, the intro gives me a good idea of what Israel is like and the conclusion really ends it up well too. I would challenge you to add a little more detail to the urbanization paragraph, it did have the basics but adding some more maybe opinion other than the stuff about tourists might be good. I noticed that your paragraph about religion is very detailed and I enjoyed that. I think you did use the visuals, fonts & etc. to deliver your message because the pictures are well sized and the fonts are good too. I think the picture that is most effective is literacy one because you can really tell that most people there are literate. All of your pictures were well linked to your paragraphs though. Great job :)))) sam **
 * I understood all of you paragraphs. They were clear, had definitons of the demographics you were talking about little to no speelin errors and had personal opinions on the demographic. I would challenge the writer to go in and capitalize South West Asia and put a space between words you accidentaly connected. I noticed that some of the paragraphs were a little short though so try add some more details in the first 4 paragraphs and the one about urbanization. I think all your pictures were connected to the writting. I think the most effective one was the picture for urbanization because it shows alot of buildings to represent the urbanization. I think all the elements you uesd uesd help me visualize the paragraphs. (Alec G.-) **

After receiving peer feedback in my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three changes: 1) I went back to my urbanization paragraph and added more details, and gave more of an opinion about the urbanization in Israel, because many people said that I should add to it. 2) I went back to all of my paragraphs, re-read everything, and made sure I had spaces between words that were accidentaly connected, because one classmate said some words were connected. 3) I re-read all of my paragraphs and made Southwest Asia capitalized, so it would look professional, and it would be easy to understand.

From the feedback process I learned that I should make sure that my spelling and grammer is right so that my work looks more professional, and is easy to understand. I also learned that I should always make sure I add as many details as I can to my writing, so that people will get a better understanding of what I'm writing about.