Language Arts
- Visit this Image
Gallery of people and places in Somalia. What are the people
like? Answers will vary - they're just
like us!
- Visit the Ethnologue:
Somalia. How many languages are there in Somalia? 13
Use Edit, Find to find the three national languages. Arabic,
English and Somali
- Visit ArabNet
- Somalia and look at Frankincense under Culture. What was
it used for in the past? religious and
medicinal purposes What is it used for now? ingredient
of incense, perfumes and some fumigants
Social Studies
- Visit Atlapedia
Somalia and look at the maps. Describe the land forms. mountainous at the tip What countries
border Somalia? Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya
What bodies of water border Somalia? Gulf
of Aden, Indian Ocean Where do the rivers start? in Ethiopia What is the capital? Mogadishu See this
map too.
- Visit ArabNet
- Somalia and read about Operation Restore Hope and General
Aidid. What is historical about this event? It
was the first time the United Nations had ever intervened without
permission in the affairs of an independent nation.
- Visit ArabNet
- Somalia and find what state the economy is in. basically
disaster and it collapsed in the early 1990s.
- The information on the Internet is scattered, as are the
people and government of Somalia. Visit U
of Penn Somalia Page and the USAID
page for more information.
Math
- Visit Atlapedia
- Somalia. What is the area in square miles? 246,000
sq. mi. What is the population? 8,839,600
An average of how many people live in each square mile? 36 people
Bible
- Visit Africa
News for Somalia and read the current news. What can you
pray for?
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