1. Jack Payne 3/12/09 5-6 Block This is the Afghanistan national flag.

2.  Absolute location of capital: 33” N, 60”E.  Relative location of Afghanistan: West of Pakistan.  Physical place: Mostly roughed mountains, plains in North and South West.  Human environment: They give.21% permanent crops.  Movement: 46 airports, 9 heliports, 42,150 KM of roadways. This is an outline map of Afghanistan

3.  2000 B.C.- The first Assyrians moved into the land of Afghanistan.  988- Muhammad of Ghazi and his armies conquer Afghanistan making it part of an empire.  1996- Afghanistan taken over by the reign of the Taliban. This is a Taliban fighter.

4.  Underdeveloped.  0 oil.  0 cars owned.  20% urban population.  44.6% 0-14 age population.  154.67 per thousand infant mortality rate. This is an Afghani dollar bill.

5.  Government type: Islamic Republic.  President: Humid Kazari. This is a meeting of the Loyal Jigra.

6.  2 official languages: Dari, and Pashto.  Religion: Sunni Muslim.  Clothes: Robes and sandals. This is a traditional Afghani meal.

7.  Population: 32,738,376  Population growth: 2.62%  Life expectancies: Male: 44.04 Female: 44.39  Literacy rates: Male: 43.1% Female: 12.6% This graph show the literacy rates of males and females in Afhanistan.

8.  The national sport in Afghanistan is “ goat grabbing”.  Afghanistan has its own dance called the “Afghan Dance”  Mostly only boys get the chance of going to school.  There are only 7 television channels in Afghanistan. This is a picture of kite fighting; a very popular Afghani sport.

9.  "Afghanistan." CultureGrams World Edition. 2008. ProQuest. 6 Mar 2009.  CIA World Factbook. 3/5/09. CIA. 6 Mar 2009.  "Afghanistan." Nation Master. 6 Mar 2009.  Sager, Robert J., David M. Helgren, and Alison S. Brooks. People, Places, and Change. Austin : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2003.