Michael’s Social Studies Blog

Resources:

Citation:Abrashi, Fisnik. “NATO, Afghan Troops
Battle Insurgents.” Yahoo! News 29 Oct. 2006. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan_13

(29 Oct. 2006)

Link: NATO, Afghan Troops Battle Insurgents

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Map of Afghanistan

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1. What is the issue?

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Afghani soldiers battled a large group of Insurgents who attcked a military base in Southern Afghanistan. There also was a roadside bomb blast where it killed 1 NATO soldier and wounded 8 soldiers. 55 suspected militants were killed on Saturday.

2. Who is Involved?

• NATO’s Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
• Civilians living in Southern Afghanistan
• Afghani soldiers
• Insurgents
• NATO soldiers

3. Who is Affected and How?

• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General: He sent NATO soldiers to attack but instead, he injured soldiers by sending them to roadside bombs.
• Civilians: Some have lost their lives just because they lived close to the battlefield.
• Insurgents: They have tried to attack, but only their roadside bomb was a success. The others all lost their lives.
• Militants: Some were killed because their party were suspected.

4.What Would You Do if You Were Directly Involved?

Instead of killing all the militants, I would have put them in some serious condition where they would tell the answers to everything I ask. Then I observe the information told and then choose a solution for the fight.

1.Social+Economic Indicators

Nation (green)

Country name: Iraq

Type of government: constitutional hereditary emirate

Political leader: none; formation of political parties and leaders are illegal

People (red)

Population: 2,418,393

Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.9% (male 331,768/female 319,895)
15-64 years: 70.3% (male 1,085,721/female 613,746)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 42,460/female 24,803) (2006 est.)

Ethnic group(s): Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%

Religion(s): Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi’a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%

Language(s): Arabic (official), English widely spoken

Literacy rates: definition:
Age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 83.5%
Male: 85.1%
Female: 81.7% (2003 est.)

Fertility rates: 2.91 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Life expectancy: total population: 77.2 years
Male: 76.13 years
Female: 78.31 years (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rates total: 9.71 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 10.72 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 8.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Economy (blue)
GDP per capita: $19,200 (2005 est.)
% Living under Poverty: NA%

% Of Internet Users: 25% (2005)

% Of cell phone owners: 83% (2004)

2.Google Earth Map

3.Preminilary Data & Inferences

Kuwait may be facing serious problems that affect the nation. There may be water shortage in Kuwait, as 80% of the water has to be purified, filtered and distilled. There may be food shortage, as every single type of food except fish has to be imported from a country elsewhere from Kuwait. Kuwait may face war problems, as the land is full of expensive Petroleum which would get more expensive and the price would gradually become higher and higher. Kuwait will face poverty problems in a few centuries, as more and more Petroleum will be mined and it will soon become gone and 90% of the GNP of Kuwait depends on Petroleum. More and more fields of Petroleum are being discovered and there will be less land for people to live on as greater portions of lands are being used to mine Petroleum. If Kuwait would like to solve these problems, Kuwait would have to stop putting all their effort in Petroleum and give some effort to growing crops and food.

4.Reflection

Question: What did you learn from this task?

Answer: I have learned hard vocabulary such as ethnic groups, literacy rates, fertility rates etc. and htmls such as breaks, (
) bold () and font color (.I have also learned that Kuwait is a small, rich country that has 95% of the GNP coming out of Petroleum a rock that contains fuel. 80% of Kuwait’s water has to be filtered and distilled and all the food except fish has to be imported.Question: Did I find this difficult or easy? Why?

During the presentations, I have learned that every single country in the world has problems and challenges. Even the richest, strongest countries like England and United States are suffering problems in different directions. Kuwait, the country I searched is a very rich country but has some serious problems. I found that all countries are equal in some ways too.

Kuwait may be facing serious problems that affect the nation. There may be water shortage in Kuwait, as 80% of the water has to be purified, filtered and distilled. There may be food shortage, as every single type of food except fish has to be imported from a country elsewhere from Kuwait. Kuwait may face war problems, as the land is full of expensive Petroleum which would get more expensive and the price would gradually become higher and higher. Kuwait will face poverty problems in a few centuries, as more and more Petroleum will be mined and it will soon become gone and 90% of the GNP of Kuwait depends on Petroleum. More and more fields of Petroleum are being discovered and there will be less land for people to live on as greater portions of lands are being used to mine Petroleum. If Kuwait would like to solve these problems, Kuwait would have to stop putting all their effort in Petroleum and give some effort to growing crops and food.

What did you learn from this task?

I have learned hard vocabulary such as ethnic groups, literacy rates, fertility rates etc. and htmls such as breaks, (<br>) bold (<b>) and font color (<font color=”#code number”>.I have also learned that Kuwait is a small, rich country that has 95% of the GNP coming out of Petroleum a rock that contains fuel. 80% of Kuwait’s water has to be filtered and distilled and all the food except fish has to be imported.

Did I find this difficult or easy? Why?

I found this easy because I learn things connected to computers and geography really quick and I was fascinated and overjoyed when I could see houses and roads that were very real.

What else would you like to learn about creating Google Earth maps?

I would really like to try the Google Earth Pro because I have seen 3D buildings in the sample Google Earth Pro images. I would like to learn more about html sources.