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In social studies today we read ,in our text books , about Turkey. Then we started our homework.The homework was questions about Turkey. Thye worksheet talked about Turkey’s culture, climate, and geography. I think Turkey will fun to study about !Here are some facts:

-the major religion is Islam

-it’s largest city is Istanbul

-Kurds (an ethnic group) make up 20% of Turkey’s population

-the capitol city is Ankara

-the Turkish Straits are made of the Bosporus,Sea of Marmara,and Dardanelles

Today in social studies we took our test on Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.

Afterwords we did some geography questions for a mint.Here they are:

*What body of water separates France from the United Kingdoms?

*What South American country has 2 capitol cities?

*A)What mountain range splits Russia into 2 continents?

B)Name those continents.

*Name the 3 countries that share the island of Borneo.

Today in social studies we started personal timeliness. We put these things on the timeline

                                       - birth

                                       - past events

                                       - future events

Then we put 2 pieces of paper together and drew a line across them. We started 1 inch in and put the year 1990. After 1990 we spaced the years 2 inches apart, 10 years in between the tick marks. For homework we did a planning sheet for the events on the timeline.

Nathan Swaya built New Orleans out of Legos to give children hope of a rebuilt city. New Orleans was mostly destroyed by hurricane Katrina in 2004. Swaya plans to unveil his masterpiece at a local library on November 17. On that day lots of schools will receive millions of Lego blocks donated by U.S kids.

This isn’t Swaya’s city, but it is built of legos!

Libya, a country in North Africa, is mostly desert and doesn’t have any rivers.What it does have is oases. Oases are places where aquifers come up and things grow. Towns also form near oases. The Libyan government built pipelines to take underground water to the coast were there isn’t much water. Besides underground aquifers Libya has oil. Muammar al-Qaddhafi,a dictator, uses the money from selling oil to import food. Libya also used to be involved in terrorism, or when violence is used to reach a goal. They were part of bombing the Pan Am Flight. Now Libya is not a terrorist country. Berbers were the first known people to live in North Africa. They settled in Libya.

My favorite animal is a guinea pig.They are so cute and cuddley. Guinea pigs love attention and need to be taken out of their cage at LEAST twice a day. You could take them outside on a special lesh or put them in a pen.NEVER leave your pig alone outside or it will escape or be taken by birds. Guinea pigs also need a large cage that they have room to run around in. The cage should probubley be cleaned twice a week. Also, guinea pigs need fresh food every day. They need Timothy hay, dry food, and different veggies in the morning. Pigs also need something to chew on like treat sticks or edible houses.Your guinea pig will be afraid if he has nowhere to hide in or under. Find a house that is safe for them to chew on.