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Homework for Block E and Block H (Wednesday 4th October)

l. Social and Economic Indicators

Nation (green)

Country name:
Gaza StripType of government: ?Political leader: ? People (red) 
Population: 1,428,757 (July 2006 EST.)Agestructure: 0-14 years: 48.1% (male

351,642/female 335,060) 

15-64 years: 49.4% (male 360,147/female

345,318)
 

65 years and over: 2.6% (male

15,231/female 21,359) (2006 EST.)
 Ethnic group(s): Palestinian Arab and other

99.4%, Jewish 0.6% 

Religion(s): Muslim

(predominantly Sunni) 98.7%, Christian

0.7%, Jewish 0.6%  Language(s): Arabic,

Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians),

English (widely understood)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can

read and write
 

total population: 91.9%
 

male: 96.3%
 

female: 87.4% (2003 est.)
Fertility rates: 5.78 children born/woman

(2006 est.)

Life expectancy: total population:

71.97 years
 

male: 70.67 years
 

female: 73.34 years (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rates: total: 22.4

deaths/1,000 live births
 

male: 23.48 deaths/1,000 live births
 

female: 21.27 deaths/1,000 live births

(2006 est.)
 Economy (blue)
GDP per capita: $600(2003 est.)

 % Living under Poverty: 81%

% of Internet Users: 160,000 (includes
 
West Bank) (2004)

% of cell phone owners: 974,300 (cellular

subscribers in both Gaza

Strip and West Bank) (2004)

Reflection

What did you learn from this task?   

I learnt how to use Google earth. I

learned how to make the writing bold,

colorful, and to make breaks. It was really

confusing but after a while I got used to it. I

learned that Google earth is a Application

related to geography and is very helpful. I

learned how to make a thumb tack too and

change the picture on there, which was

really easy.

Did find this task difficult or easy? Why.
I found it difficult to make all the writing bold, color code, breaking, and making all the HTMLs because you had to write it like this ” and end it like this “. It took me 1 hour of this class to do the whole thing. But I found some really easy like writing the facts and making bold, colorful, and breaking was quite fun.
What else would u like to learn about creating Google Earth?
I want to learn how to make it easier to make the writings bold, colorful, and breaking and adding font like italic.
Add anything else that u are thinking in relation to this project.
I like how Google earth has all the countries, the labels, close ups, and changing to north, east, west and south. It was really neat how they did it. But I couldn’t really find my country; it took me like 10 minutes.
List 3 challenges that your country has.
My country’s first challenge is the GDP per capita, it was only like $600 or something which was the second last on the list, but it was possible because Gaza Strip’s region is Africa. The second Challenge is the % of poverty. It is only like 81% of Gaza strip is under poverty line, I felt so sad for them. And the last one is literacy, 91% of the people could read or write that was amazing!
Gaza Strip’s 3 Challenges
Gaza Strip’s Challenges are very poor. The first challenge is the GDP per Capita, it is only $600, but that is possible because Gaza Strip’s region is Africa.
The Second challenge is the percentage of poverty, 81% percent of Gaza Strip lives in poverty! Only 29% percent can live well.

Google Earth map: