Kuwait-Katie&Angela

Kuwait is a small country in the middle east. It is west of the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia and southwest of Iraq. Kuwaits's population is 2.5 __million__ people. Its area is 6,880 square miles. (AC)

There are only two different languages in Kuwait. Language is the vocal sounds and words particular to a nation or group of people. Kuwait's official language is Arabic. Kuwait is a country in the middle east with fewer languages than most of the other countries. Kuwait is also similar to other countries because their official language is Arabic. They __speak Arabic__ because countries around them speak it.

"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. []

__Life__ expectancy is the average number of years members of a population is expected to live. Kuwaits life expectancy is 77 years. It's the second highest life expectancy in the middle east. Maybe they have __access__ to good medicine so that they can live longer. Yemen and Iraq have a smaller life expectancy compared to Kuwait.

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

Literacy is they ability to read and write effectively. In Kuwait 97% of men are literate and 95% of women are literate. they are pretty close in percent. men are more literate than women. Women don't get as good as an education as men do. There is a bigger gap between men and women Yemen than in any other countries. "Literacy in Kuwait." (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

Ethnicity is based on common cultural heritage distinguished by customs, nationality, and race. In Kuwait, the most common ethnicity is Arab. It is the largest group in Kuwait. 80% of people in Kuwait are Arabs. 8% are south Asian,4% are Persian and, 8% are other ethnicities. Kuwait is like most other middle east countries because the most common ethnicity in all of the middle east is Arab. Kuwait is the only country to have a South Asian ethicity. It's possible that people moved from South Asia to Kuwait.(KM)

"Kuwait: 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

Population density is the average number of people per square mile. In Kuwait's 6880 square miles, 2.5 million people live. It has the lowest area. The population density is 339. It is one of the highest population densitys in all of the middle east but Lebanon is the highest with a population density of 952. The reason that it has the highest population is because it is so small so the people have to live closer together.

Source Citation:
"Muslims at Kuwait Citys Grande Mosque pray on the last Friday of Ramadan." //Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices//. Ed. Thomas Riggs. Vol. 2: Countries: A-L. Detroit: Gale, 2006. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 26 Mar. 2012.

Religion is a system of beliefs and worship often involving a philosophy. In Kuwait Islam is the most popular religion. It is also the most popular religion in the entire Middle East. Kuwait probably has the same religion because it is a lot like the other countries in a lot of different ways.

Source Citation:
"Kuwaiti Men Reading Koran." //Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations Online//. Detroit: U*X*L, 2010. //Gale Student Resources In Context//. Web. 26 Mar. 2012.

Kuwait is similar and different to other countries in the Middle East. The most common ethnicity in Kuwait is Arab as is the rest of the Middle East. Kuwait has the most oil wealth. It has the same language as most of the other countries in the Middle East. Kuwait has the second highest life expectancy. It has one of the higher population and it shares the same religion with most of the Middle East. 94% of Kuwait is urbanized. It is the most urbanized country in the Middle East. Kuwait is a unique country in the Middle East.

==== I noticed that you put a lot of information into your paragraphs. I would suggest that the authors go back and check the grammatical errors and spelling errors. I would challenge the Authors. I would challenge the writer to make more comparisons, using Kuwait. I think the pictures explain the topic really well, I think that you could make the actual paragraphs stand out a little more from the citations. I think that the picture the goes with language is the most effective because it shows what the writing looks like and its pretty easy to determine that that's the language they speak in Kuwait. I think all of your pictures go with the topics that there showing very well, its clear and easy to understand! Great Job♥ ==== ~Moriah♥G

I noticed that you can put more detail for the pictures.I challenge the writer to make more detail and say what is most important about Kuwait, and what you think makes it most popular. I appriciate that you put all the defanitions for each word that you needed to write about.I also think that you could work on would be to put more information on each of the paragraphs. I think you did a good job with all of your spacing, pictures, and the colors are verry eye catching :) I think that the ethnicity picture is the most effective picture because right when i saw the picture i could tell it was for ethnicity. I do not think you need to improve on any of you pictures because they look good already. Good job! (Lily T.) ====I noticed in the paragraph about language that there was a confusing part concerning the amount of languages spoken in this country.I would suggest that you go back and try to fix it . Alos I remember that you should go back and check for capitles.I would suggest that you go back and in dent all your parigraphs.To me the arthor chose a good color to type with.the picture that best fits the writing is the picture of the literacy.There is one picture that could use some improvement is the first picture of the old aisan people. I suggest that you get a picture of an old Kwait man froma different place. Michael Tucker!====

I noticed that you put a lot of details into each of the paragraphs. I would suggest that the authors go back and look through the paragraphs to check for grammatical errors. I think that the authors use visuals, font, space, size and colors very effectively. Each picture makes sense in relation to the paragraphs. I would challenge the author to Make more comparisons about Kuwait. I think that the Ethnic Make-up graph is the most effective picture. It shows the reader exactly what they need to know without the authors having to go into to much detail. There are no confusing parts. Good job. Jackie L.

After receiving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, i made the following 3 changes: 1.) I made my paragraphs stand out from my citations by putting a space between them. 2.) I made the part in paragraph 2 less confusing with the amounSt of languages by now saying, "Kuwait is a country in the middle east that have fewer languages than most of the countries in the middle east.  3.) I fixed all of the gramatical errors: mostly all the spelling  What I learned about peer feedback is that no matter how many times i read the wiki and check everything and make sure that there are no mistakes and i can't ever catch my mistakes. When other people edit your writing they catch all the mistakes because they don't know what ur trying to say.  -Angela C.

After receiving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, i made the following three changes... 1) I fixed some spelling errors in my paragraph on ethnicity on words such as ethnicity and country.  2) I added a comparison of Kuwait to Lebanon in my population density paragraph. 3) I went back into all of my paragraphs and fixed any words that were supposed to be capitalized. From the feedback process i learned that sometimes it takes someone else's eyes to catch your mistakes. It is possible that you are so used to making the same mistake that you don't even recognize it but someone else would recognize it.  -Katie M. ♥