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LA/SS Final
Final exam over Middle East and Africa
9
History
6th Grade
05/22/2011

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What are some similarities in the Middle East Culture?
Definition
They write in Arabic on magazines, Mosques, and other places, there are geometric patterns on rugs and sweaters.
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What are challenges the "Lost Boys of Sudan" faced?
Definition
They hade having to walk 3 months from Sudan to Ethiopia and living with out there parents for 9 to 12 years.
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What are some differences within the Middle East culture?
Definition
Some wear traditional clothing, and some wear western style clothing, some places are rual, some are urban, and sometimes the gathering is one gender or both.
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Name the origin, place of worship, sabbath day, symbols and practices of Christianity.
Definition
Teachings of Jesus, church, sunday, cross, Christmas, Easter
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Name the origin, place of worship, sabbath day, symbols and practices of Judaism
Definition
Abraham is founder with Isaac and Jacob, Synagogue, Friday evening to Saturday evening, Star of David, Bar Mitzvah
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Name the origin, place of worship, sabbath day, symbols and practices of Islam
Definition
Mohammad is the prophet, Mosque, Friday, Islamic Symbol, pray 5 times a day facing towards Mecca, you must be clean, Rahmadan
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What are some physical features in Africa?
Definition
The Sahara Desert, the Kalahari Desert, Mt. Kilamanjaro, Eithiopian Highlands, Lake Victoria, Congo Basin.
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Name some generalizations in demographic data in Africa.
Definition
If the GPD per capita is greater, than the # of medical doctors will be larger because there will be more money to pay the doctors. If the # of mecical doctors is greater, than the life excpectancy will be greater because there will be more doctors to treat sickness. The higher GDP also effects the literacy rate because people can pay for and education, and the givernment can pay educators.
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Has the literacy rate increased or decreased since 1970 in men and women.

Definition
The literacy rate has decreased for both men and women.
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