1. By: Katie Boyer and Dallas Street

2. The Land Of Iraq  The capital of Iraq is Baghdad  The area of Iraq is 438,317 sq km and 169,235 sq miles  Iraq’s landforms include: caves, mountains, waterfalls, lakes, peninsulas, and rivers  Iraq’s water systems include: construction of irrigation for farm land, new water supply dams, repair of existing dams and pump stations

3. Iraq’s Land continued  Iraq’s natural resources include: Petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, and sulfur

4. Iraq’s Climate/ Vegetation  Temperature in Iraq range from higher than 48ºC in July and August and below freezing in January  Iraq’s vegetation is grilled eggplant slices, lentil-bulgur loaf, Spinish, tofu, manicotti  Iraqi Taghrib

5. Iraq’s Government  Since July 2008 the population in Iraq is 28,221,180  The government type in Iraq is Parliamentary Democracy  The life expectancy in Iraq at birth is: total population 69.62 years, males:68.32 years, and females: 70.99 years  Political leaders in Iraq are: Saddam Hussein, the prime minister is Nuri al-Maliki since may 20 th 2006

6. History  On April 28,1937 Saddam Hussein former dictator of Iraq was born  On May 2,1953 Iraq, Turkey, Britain, Pakistan, and Iran signed a treaty pledging economic and military cooperation. This agreement was technically canted central treaty organization but became more popularly known as the” Baghdad Pact”

7. Current Event  “Bush in Vietnam warning over Iraq” and it came off BBC news  In August 27,2007 President George W. Bush has warned a US withdrawal from Iraq could trigger the kind of upheaval seen in South East Asia after US forces quit Vietnam. Mr. Bush believes that Mr. Maliki is the right person to lead Iraq. Mr. Bush said that the Vietnam war had taught the need for US patience over Iraq. Over three decades later there is a legitimate debate about how we got into the Vietnam war and how we left.  At least 24 people were killed and 50 people were injured when a suicide bomber rammed a fuel tanker into a police station in the Northern oil in the city of Baiji.

8. Economy  Building strong partnership based on trust, integration, and mutual benefits between our state companies and well know international enterprises and businessmen o create stockholding and limited liability companies  The major export in Iraq is oil which is the most exported good.  The currency in Iraq: 1 US dollar = 1187.00 Iraqi Dinar  The literacy rate in Iraq is: 40.4%

9.  Iraq’s dress code is: lots of jewelry, cloak covered the upper body, wrap around skirts that were made out of sheepskin,  The food that is in Iraq is beef with fruit, kebabs, yalanchi ( tomatoes stuffed with rice)  The language that is spoken in Iraq is Arabic  Building styles are- Culture

10. Culture Cont.  Building styles are :easily built adobe styled houses  Baghdad is a sprawling city with wide roads to accommodate heavy traffic

11. Places to visit  Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad province. It is situated on the River Tigris at a position where the Tigris is about 50 kilometers from the Euphrates River.  There are a lot of historical things that happened in Baghdad Iraq such as the current war which is know as the second gulf war.

12. Work cited  www.placesonline.com/asia/iraq/places.a sp - 34k  architecture.about.com/od/themiddleeast/ ig/Iraq-Photos/Baghdad-Skyline-.htm - 17k  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the -world-factbook/print/iz.html  www.google.com