Israel-Emma&Moriah

==== Israel is in North West Asia. It borders the Meditteranean sea to the west. It is bordered by Egypt to the south, Jordan and Syria to the east, and Lebanon to the north. There are 7.1 million people in Israels 8,473 square miles. The West bank and Gaza strip are important features located in Israel. Israel is a nice country. E.G ====

Citation (MLA) //A map of Israel and neighboring states.//. IRC, 2005. //Discovery Education//. Web. 26 March 2012. .

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==== GDP per capita means the value of goods and services a country produces per person. The oil wealth per capita is the amount of oil wealth per person that comes from a country's oil recources. In Israel the GDF per capita is 26,600 The oil wealth per capita is 0. The difference between the GDP and oil wealth per capita is 6,600. That is a big difference. Israel compares and differs from the country's in the middle east. A lot of country's have 0 oil wealth per capita but a high GDP, just like Israel. But in different places they have both a high GDP and high oil wealth per capita, not like Israel. Every country has a lower oil wealth per capita than GDP. E.G ====

==== "Goods Ownership 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. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits ==== ==== Life expectancy means the average number of years member of a population are expected to live. The life expectancy of Israel is eighty one years. Israel has the highest life expectancy in the middle east. Isreal is rich and has good health care because people on average live longer than other country's in the Middle East. .E.G ====

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"Muslims Visit The Graves On Eid Al-Adha In Jerusalem." // UPI Photo Collection //. United Press International, 2010. // Gale Student Resources In Context //. Web. 3 Apr. 2012 ==== Urbanization means industrealized areas (citites) in a country (%). Israel is ninety percent urbanized. That means it is the third most uirbanized country in the middle east. right behind Kuwait and Iran. Israel is nice to live in and there are lots of jobs in the cities. (Urban Areas).E.G ====

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===="Jerusalem Skyline." //Gale Student Resources in Context //. Detroit: Gale, 2010. //Gale Student Resources In Context //. Web. 26 Mar. 2012. ==== ====Language is the vocal sound or words common to a particular nations or group of people. In Isreal the offical language is Hebrew. Isreal is the only country that speaks Hebrew. But the offical language of the Middle East is Arabic. Some other languages in Isreal are Arabic and Pakistan. They speak Hebrew in Israel, because Hebrew is the official language of the Judaism religion, and Judaism is the official religion of Israel.====

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Religion is a system of beilifes and worships offten involving a code ethecs. Judism is the primary religion in Isreal. Isreal is the only country that practices Judism. 80% of
Israel is Jewish. But the majority of people practice the religion Islam (Sunni). Lebanon practice Christianity. Judism is only and Israel because that is where ir originated, and it didnt get spread around.

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====Literacy is the abiltiy to read and write effectivly. The men are 98% litterate, and the women are 96% litterate. Israel has the smallest gap with a 2% diffrence. The largest gap between men and women is Yemen. Men are more litterate then women in every country. 50% or more have litterate men. Most of the coutry have 50% or more litterate women. There are a lot of educational options for both men and women.====

==== 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. [] ====

====Israel is very diffrent if you compare it to its neibhors. The offical language of the Middle East is Arabic. But people in Isreal mostly speak Hebrew. Israels main religion is Judism. But the most common in the Middle East is Islam (Sunni). Isreal strides and is highly ranked ecspecially with its life exptancy of 81 years. The litteracy rate for Isreal is the highest (Men 98% women 96%). Israel seems like a well rounded county to live in.====

I noticed you had multiple spelling errors. You spelled Israel different ways almost every sentence. I was surprised by the lack of facts in some parts. I would challenge the writer to write more facts. I would suggest to make some pictures bigger because they are hard to see. I also would change your font. It almost seems like you tried to hide the fact you didn't use enough facts. I also noticed you forgot to put the initials in some paragraphs. I think the Literacy picture is most effective because it tells me how many people can do things like read and write. I also wrote my Wiki on Israel, and it is a very religious city, so I understood why you put the picture there. (Troy T.)

I suggest that you fix all of the spelling and grammar errors . I was confused about the language and how it was started i understand that it was started because of Jewdism. what picture interested me the most was the language one it showed how different our language is compared to there writing is compared to our's. The picture that confused me  was the one with the man with the key. I didn't understand what it was for ? Other than that Great job. :) (Allison G)

I noticed that you used a lot of visuals to help show the information. I was surprised to see how urbanized Israel is. The picture of the Jerusalem skyline visual was most effective for me because it proved how most of Israel is urbanized. I would suggest that the writer improved the visual of the Hebrew writing because it doesn't really show anything about Israel. I think that the introduction provides a lot of information about the country of Israel. It provided the three necessary topics. I think the introduction flows very well except, the ending sounds a little bit awkward. I didn't run across any spelling errors in the first paragraph. I wanted to know more about how Israel compares to other countries in the Middle East in the body paragraphs. All of the body paragraphs include a definition on each demographic. The paragraphs also include specific examples and data for Israel. In the paragraphs about literacy, Israel's literacy rate is compared to Yemen's. In the conclusion it is stated that Israel is hard to compare to it's neighbors. The conclusion also includes many similarities and differences. I challenge the writer to improve some of the spelling errors. Overall good job(: (Katie M.)

After receiving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three change: 1) I made my life expectancy observation "Juicier" and ore specific. 2) I fixed my Life expectancy picture because I was told that people were confused about it, I made it more clear. 3) I fixed the wording in my intro paragraph because I was told it sounded a little awkward. Also I fixed some spelling mistakes like Isreal and Israel. (Emma G) :)

After receiving peer feedback on my rough draft and wiki, I made the following three changes: 1.) I went through and checked for spelling and Grammar mistakes, I changed Isreal to Israel, which is the correct spelling.   2.) I went back to my to my paragraph about language and re-worded the concluding sentence because I read that some people were confused about that. 3.) I changed the font size because I was told that the font was way to big and it was hard to read.   From the feedback process I learned that I have to triple check it for spelling and grammar mistakes. I also need to make sure that the work is actually readable. And the way I word things make sense and is easy to understand.   ~Moriah♥G