ISRAEL

By: Dakota Tuomi of

Mrs. Westerlund’s 3rd/4th Block

http://online.culturegrams.com/multimedia/Naxos.php?scountryname=Israel

The Dome of Rock in Jerusalem. It is sacred to the inhabitants.

Geography The absolute location is 31”30’ N, 34”45’

E. It is east of the Mediterranean Sea and northeast of

It is hot and dry in the east and south, it’s a desert in the south, and low costal plains and mountainous everywhere else.

People mostly get around by their cars or local buses.

A map of Israel, in portion and the light tan portion is Israel.

History On May 14, 1948 Israel became its own country by

declaring independence. From 1939-1945 the Jews were afflicted, and killed by

Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust. June 5th,1967-June 10th,1967 the “Six Day War”

occurred.

“The Six Day War”;Israel tanks, and other forces fought against Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq and won.

Economy: Developed 98% of people can read that are the age of

14 or above. 4.28 babies out of 1,000 babies die at

birth. The average person should live to 80.61

years of age. 92% of all of their land is urban. 2% of people have an agricultural job, and

98% of people have a industrial or commercial job.

Economy: Developed

The average person makes $28,000 a year.

263% of people possess cars.

Boy children are reading on their house’s door steps.

Politics Israel is a democratic republic type of

government, which means that the people have power to the government.

Ehud Olmert is the prime minister of Israel.

Ehud Olmert laughing.

Culture

The main religion is Judaism. Hebrew is the main spoken language. Hanukah, Passover, and Ramadan are

celebrated holidays. Israel’s clothing style is a western style,

except less formal because of the heat.

A girl lights the Menorah during the holiday of Hanukah.

Facts and Figures

The population is currently 7,112,359 people, at a growth rate of a 1.713% increase.

The life expectancy for males is 78.54 years of age, and 82.79 years of age for females.

The literacy rate for males is 98.5%, and 95.9% for females.

A portion of the 7,112,359 people in Israel at one spot showing how condense the population is in some spots.

Interesting Information

The blue star on the flag is called The Star of David.

The Jew’s Sabbath Day is from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.

Israel’s national flag and coat of arms.

Interesting Information

Jerusalem is the capital, largest city, and holy/sacred city of Israel, Jews, and Christians.

The most common thing eaten in Israel are: chopped liver, chicken noodle soup, and gefilte fish.

Israel is constantly being in wars/battles and under different controls.

Citations Altman, Linda J. The Creation of Israel. San Diego, CA:

Lucent Books, 1998. “The Arab-Israeli Conflict.” Prejuce in the Modern World

Reference Library. Vol. 2: Almanac. Detroit: UXL, 2007. “Israel” CIA-World Fact Book. 24 Feb 2009. CIA. 6 Mar

2009 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/is.html

“Israel” CultureGrams World Edition. 19 May 2009. CultureGrams. 6 Mar 2009http://online.culturegrams.com/main/mla.php

Atlas of the Middle East. 2003. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2003

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