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1.Describe the country's physical geography (terrain).
The terrain of the Afghanistan is very dry, rocky, dirt, and also a lot of small towns.

2.What is the climate?
The climate in this area very hot, humid, dry, and very hard to see. There is a lot of sandstorms.

3.Does this country have a fresh water supply?
I wouldn't say "fresh" water. What they have is mostly filled with dirt, most of the country's money goes towards the military of there's. Yes it has a seaport, where they ship back weapons and food. They have some rivers, and lakes but other then that no.

4.What industries does the country support?
The industries that they support are the U.S, Russia, Asia, Europe. They all want the oil resource. That they have so much of.


5.What international issues is the country currently facing?
It is facing a war, which is not working out for them. They also lost there leader, and they needed a leader then. Now that there leader is gone they are even more in debt.

6.What is the population of the country? What is the average life span? For women? Men?
0-14 years 6,464,070 are Men,  0-14 years 6,149,468 are Women. 15-64 years is 55% of there population, 8,460,468 are Men, 8,031,938 are Women. 65 and up is 2.4% 349,349 are Men, 380,051 are Women. Average age is around 18.

7.What is the country's GDP? What is the GDP per capita?
There GDP is 27.39 billion. Capita is 900.

8. How much oil and natural gas does the country possess (oil and gas reserve)? What other natural resources are there (e.g., mineral deposits, forest, etc.)?
5,000 per day. Natural gas is 30 million.

9.What percentage of the land is arable? What percentage of the gross domestic product is contributed by agriculture? What crops are grown
Opium, wheat, fruits, nuts; wool, mutton, sheepskins, lambskins.

10.How much does the country import? Export? What are the major imports/exports.
It imports 4,404 oil per day. It exports nothing. There major import/exports are oil.

World studies

1. What questions do you have about the reading? How might they be answered?  The questions I have about the reading is why is the reason behind the terrorist attacks? and why don't Brennan and Obama know or avoided the question?  They could be answered by looking further on the internet to find answers.


2. What is President Obama's answer? Brennan's? President Obama and Brennan's answer was they were just explaining what Al Qaeda was and how the associate Islam with their purposes.


3. Thomas was clearly dissatisfied with Brennan's answer. Why? Would she have been satisfied with the president's? Why or why not?  Thomas was not satisfied with Brennan's answer because he was avoiding the question.  She wouldn't have been satisfied with the president's answer because he seemed to have the same views on the topic as Brennan this is what I think she thought.


4. Why does Glenn Greenwald think it important to consider terrorist motivations? Do you agree? Why or why not?  Glenn Greenwald thinks this is important because then you acknowledge that their intents are legitimate and you can understand how to deal with it. It is better to understand then just going in and trying to solve the problem.


5. How would you answer Thomas' question, "Why?" Why do Hasan, Abdulmutallab, and others commit such acts?? If you need more reliable information, where might you find it?  Hasan, Abdulmutallab, and other commit such acts because America supports Israel.  If I needed more reliable information, I might find it on the internet.

1. What questions do you have about the reading? How might they be answered?

Why don't we handle this on our own? Us simply thinking on our own

2. What U.S. policies do most Muslims hate and why? If you need more information, how might you find it?

U.S policies most Muslims hate is the stance that we have taken in then Israel conflict. Israel has moved Palestinian into refuge camp.

3. Why might acknowledging that U.S. policies have anything to do with jihadist attacks be seen as "politically incorrect" and "blaming the victim"? 

Acknowledging that U.S policies have anything to do with jihadist attacks be seen as "politically incorrect" and "blaming the victim" by the fact that Israelis have caused death of the Palestinian people. If we blamed the Palestinians for getting back what was lost they would see it as the United States taking Israelis side and blame the Palestinian people for it.

4. Despite a year of effort by Obama's special envoy George Mitchell to move the Israelis and Palestinians toward a negotiated two-state solution, there's been no visible progress. Why not? If you need more information, how might you find it?

There has been no visible progress to the two state solution because Palestinians feel that favors Israelis. Also Israelis had attacked Gaza by ordering a bomb attack on them killing alot of people of Gaza and many Palestinians.

5. How and why are the people of Gaza suffering? If you need more information, how might you find it? The Gaza people are suffering because of the treatment of Israel to them the attacks Israel put on them.

1.What questions do you have about the reading? How might they be answered?

What would they be doing if we weren't involved? It could be answered by people simply thinking

2. Years have passed since President Bush's comments. What knowledge and evidence do you have to support, add to, amend, or oppose his explanation for terrorist acts? Why might jihads want to overthrow certain Muslim governments? Drive Israel out of the Middle East? If you don't know how might you find out?

The stuff I have to support the terrorist attacks are that Al Qaeda hate us because we do stand in their way for Al Qaeda to take over and rule all of the other countries. 

3. Even more years have passed since Bin Laden's harsh critique of the United States. What knowledge and evidence do you have to support, add to, amend, or oppose that critique.

My evidence that I have to support his opinion against the United States is that we attacked his country and or holy land that they base everything from their religion to beliefs around. We support Israel and they don't like us because of that.

4. According to Wright, what has led young men in Arab countries to find martyrdom attractive?

According to Wright what has led the young men in Arab countries to find martyrdom attractive is by giving them nothing to do and only hearing about the war and how horrible Americans are. Martyrdom in Arab countries also make life very easy and has alot of benefits.

5. According to polling in Muslim countries, how popular is Al Qaeda? Why?

According to polling in Muslim countries, many people are disapproving and not agreeing with Al Qaeda. This is because he's taken the lives of many Muslims and Infidels.

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