1. Samantha Barley

2. Location: Middle East; between Oman and Saudi Arabia, and boarding Arabian Sea Coordinates 15 00 North, 48 00 East Landforms: Coastline, Mountain range, Desert Water Systems: On the coast of Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea Natural Resources: petroleum, fish, rock salt, marble; small deposits of coal, gold, lead, nickel, and copper

4. Leopard Sand Cat Afghan Fox Dolphins Bats Baboon Yemeni Mouse Striped hyaena Arctic wolf

5. Yemen is a Republic President Ali Abdallah Saleh Longest serving leader in recent times President since May 22 1990 Former president of North Yemen Re-elected for a 7 year term in September 2006

6. In 1990 Traditional North Yemen and South Yemen who was Marxist merged There were years of border wars A brief civil war in 1994 which ended with the southerners breaking away and a still unified Yemen Since 2009 a clash between government Yemen troops and Houthi rebels Killed hundreds of people Displaces a quarter of a million

7. Major exports include Crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish, liquefied natural gas $5.55 billion in exports in 2009 Yemen is # 101 in the world in dollar amount of exports

8. Arabic is the spoken language The main religion is Muslim Sunni and Shia A few Jewish, Christian, and Hindu followers

9. Sana’a The capital Old historical building Al-Hoteip In the mountains Goal for Ismaeli pilgrims Site of ismaelitic saint’s grave Al-Hodeidah Famous harbor in Red Seas

10. Alzahra Tours, 2002. Places to visit. ATA. http://www.al-bab.com/alzahra/places.htm (March 20, 2010) Glen Allison, Yemen. National Geographic. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel /countries/yemen-guide/ (March 20, 2010) Mammals native to Yemen. Google. http://www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com/ym- animals.html (March 20, 2010) March 17, 2010. Yemen country profile. News: BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm (March 20, 2010) March 4, 2010. Yemen. Middle East:: Yemen: Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html (March 19, 2010)