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| Explain the lost boys of sudan.(who they are, what happened to them.) |
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| A war in Sudan made hundreds of boys flee the country for their life. They faced starvation, wild animals and more. It took them 3 months to walk to ethiopia. Then they left to Kenya. The boys went across 3 countries total. |
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| Who is "the boy who harnesed the wind" |
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| William Kamkwamba was taken out of school during a drought when his family couldnt pay for it. At 14,he got a book from the library about windmills. From just the bictures he built a windmill that generated electricity & pumped water for his family. he built them out of pvc, bycicles, and other scraps. |
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| Litaracy rate is how amny people over the age of 15 can read and write.It affects GDP b/c people cant get a job w/o being able to read and write, & w/o a job you dont get money. |
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| Life expactancy is how old most people are when they die. This can be affectaed by # of doctors b/c the higher the number of docters, the higher the life expectancy and vise versa. |
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| # of docters is have many docters are there in a country.It affects life expectancy b/c the less docters there are, the lower the life expectancy. |
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| Avarage Anuall income(GDP per capita) |
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| This is the avegage amount a family will earn yearly. Is affected by litaracy rate b/c people can get a job if they cant read and write and then cant cant earn money. The GDP says a lot about a country. |
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| What is the strip of dry grassland on the southern border of the Sahara desert? |
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| What is the mountaipus region located near the horn of East Africa? |
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| What is the tallest moountain in Africa? |
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| What is Africas largest lake? |
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| What extenisive rainforest covers a large part of central Africa and is almost completely surronded by mountains? |
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| What is the largest desert in SOUTHERN Africa? |
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| What is the major river in western Africa the empties into the gulf of Guinea? |
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| What is the enormous desert that streches accros noth africa |
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| What is the largest river flowing thru the Congo basin and emptying inot the Atlantic ocean? |
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| What is the broad level area of land located in north Tanzinia and extends toard lake victoria? |
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| What is the straight in Northwest africa between Europe and Africa? |
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| The straight of Gibralter. |
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| Chistianity in the Middle East |
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Origin:
Place of worship:Church
Holy Day/Sabath:Sunday
Symbol:Cross
Practices:Go to church sunday, become baptized, communion |
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Origin:
Place of worship:Mosque
Holy Day/Sabath:Friday
Symbol:Cresant Moon w/ a star
Practices:Belive in the % pillars(Rules that you must live by) |
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| Judaisum in the Middle East |
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Place of worship:Synogouge
Holy Day/Sabath:Friday
Symbol:Star of David
Practices: Can't do any work on the Sabath, must fast during Yom Kippur. |
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| Simalarities of the Middle east |
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| Most countries speak Arabic, use geometric designs and patterns, major religion is Islamic. |
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| Simalarities of the Middle east |
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| Most countries speak Arabic, use geometric designs and patterns, major religion is Islamic. |
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| Differences of the Middle east |
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| Tecnolgy(some places very modern others very primitive),clothing(traditional or western-style), gender( some places wonmen are there while others are only for men.) |
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