Social Studies ProjectSocial Studies Project

By: Joseph CorzineBy: Joseph Corzine

Maps of AfghanistanMaps of Afghanistan

• My Country is My Country is Afghanistan and it is a Afghanistan and it is a devolving country.devolving country.

• It is east of Iran and It is east of Iran and West of India. It is also West of India. It is also north of Pakistan. north of Pakistan.

Physical Map of Afghanistan Physical Map of Afghanistan

Climate graphClimate graph

Paragraph on Afghanistan Paragraph on Afghanistan ClimateClimate

• Afghanistan climate is different Afghanistan climate is different depending on where you are. In the depending on where you are. In the northern part of Afghanistan has lots northern part of Afghanistan has lots of rain and plenty on green plants. In of rain and plenty on green plants. In the south it is dry and has very little the south it is dry and has very little rain.rain.

Vegetation of AfghanistanVegetation of Afghanistan

• It is mostly desert It is mostly desert scrub.scrub.

There is also There is also highlands like the highlands like the picture belowpicture below

Economy activityEconomy activity

• This is a pie graph This is a pie graph of the economyof the economy

• This is a picture of This is a picture of land uses in land uses in AfghanistanAfghanistan

The Black MarketThe Black Market

• The Black Market is an illegal market The Black Market is an illegal market that sell illegal stuff like heroin. The that sell illegal stuff like heroin. The Black Market is now even bigger than Black Market is now even bigger than the regular market of Afghanistan. the regular market of Afghanistan. This is also how the Taliban is getting This is also how the Taliban is getting financed.financed.

Industries and GDP in Industries and GDP in Afghanistan Afghanistan

• small-scale production of textiles, small-scale production of textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, cement; hand woven carpets; natural cement; hand woven carpets; natural gas, coal, coppergas, coal, copper

• 700$700$

Percent of people below the Percent of people below the poverty linepoverty line

• 53% (2003)53% (2003)

The oil consumptionThe oil consumption

• 5,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)5,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

• country comparison to the world: country comparison to the world: 163 163

Politics and GovernmentPolitics and Government

Their motto is kill all out Their motto is kill all out outsiders.outsiders.They have no true leader They have no true leader they just have small clans.they just have small clans.

Politics and governmentPolitics and government

• They don’t have a good voting They don’t have a good voting system because there is no strong system because there is no strong leaderleader

• Islamic republic is there form of Islamic republic is there form of governmentgovernment

• Hamid Karzai re-elected President Hamid Karzai re-elected President in November 2009in November 2009

ColonizationColonization

• The Taliban right now controls The Taliban right now controls Afghanistan Afghanistan

the British occupied Afghanistan 3 the British occupied Afghanistan 3 separate times but they couldn’t separate times but they couldn’t keep control keep control

ConclusionConclusion

• The British controlled Afghanistan three The British controlled Afghanistan three separate times, and that is how it separate times, and that is how it became colonized. The Taliban came to became colonized. The Taliban came to power during the 1980's war with the power during the 1980's war with the Soviet Union. The U.S. helped drive the Soviet Union. The U.S. helped drive the Taliban from power in 2003, and we are Taliban from power in 2003, and we are still fighting. It will take a strong still fighting. It will take a strong government, a real leader, and control government, a real leader, and control over the Taliban to make it a developed over the Taliban to make it a developed country. country.

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