Algeria
By Katie Jacomides and Delaney Estes
Acrostic Poem
Arabic is the official language spoken in Algeria (Social)
Life in the city is very different then in the country side, kids that grow up in the city are more likely to be wealthy (Social)
Gross Domestic Product in Algeria is high because of the income from oil (Economic)
Elections for a president happen every five years (Political)
Ramadan is the month of fasting for Muslims (Social)
Islam is the dominant religion in Algeria (Social)
Atlas Mountains that run across Algeria include some of the Algeria's mountains (Geographic)
PEGS
Social
A young girl, living in a less wealthy area, doing one of her chores of turning goats milk into butter.
Geographic
The Atlas Mountains that run through Algeria (some Algerian Mountains included)
Political
Algeria's president Ahmed Ben Bella, in 1963.
Political
Algerian Flag
Economic
A popular cafe in Algeria, this is how a lot of people make their money (from businesses)
Geographic
The Hoggar mountains in Algeria.
Citations
- "Subscriber Area Only." CultureGrams Online Database:. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2015. <http://online.culturegrams.com/kids/kids_country_religion.php?contid=1&wmn=Africa&cid=119&cn=Algeria&KidsSubCatID=5>.
- Algeria.. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 23 Jan 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/137_3155484/1/137_3155484/cite - Tessoout Valley fertile farmland surrounded by desert mountains, High Atlas Mountains, Algeria. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 23 Jan 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/171_321679/1/171_321679/cite - Tessoout Valley fertile farmland surrounded by desert mountains, High Atlas Mountains, Algeria. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 23 Jan 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/171_321679/1/171_321679/cite - Ahmed Ben Bella. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 23 Jan 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/115_2250088/1/115_2250088/cite - Flag of Algeria. Illustration. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 23 Jan 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/#/search/309_365272/1/309_365272/cite - Earning morning, Assekrem, Hoggar Mountains, Sahara desert, Algeria, North Africa, Africa. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 23 Jan 2015.
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