Activities for Mauritania

Language Arts

  1. Visit The Embassy of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the photo gallery. Write what you think it would be like to live there.
  2. Visit the Ethnologue for Mauritania and find out how many languages are spoken in Mauritania. Why do you think French is one of them? If you need a hint, visit ArabNet, Mauritania and look at the history.

Social Studies

  1. Visit The Embassy of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the Geography page. Find out what services the government gives to its citizens free. How does this compare to your country?
  2. Visit The Embassy of Mauritania in Washington, DC and find out what the official name of Mauritania is. What does this tell you about their religion?
  3. Visit ArabNet, Mauritania and find out about the nomadic peoples. Who are they and what language do they speak? What crisis caused a big change for them?
  4. Visit Atlapedia - Mauritania and look at the maps. Describe the land forms in Mauritania. What countries make up its border? What body of water borders it? What is the capital? Why do you think it is located where it is?
  5. Visit Miftah Shamali - Mauritania and U of Penn Mauritania Page for more information.

Math/Science

  1. Visit The Embassy of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the first picture in the photo gallery. Write down your guess of how many inches of rain fall there a year.
  2. Now go to this climate page for US states (you can choose international cities too) and find the average monthly rainfall for the city closest to you. Take the average and multiple it by 12 to get a yearly average.
  3. Check your first guess for Mauritania. Do you want to guess again? If so, write it down.
  4. Now look at ArabNet, Mauritania and find the average yearly rainfall for the capital.

Bible

  1. Visit The Embassy of Mauritania in Washington, DC and look at the photo gallery. What else can you pray for?

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