Libya

=Group 3's Page= __ Libya __  created by: Michaela Van Ostran = =

= ** __basic facts:__ ** =

**__enviroment:__** __**features of libyan life:**__ __**historical events:**__
 * ======capitol of Libya is Tripoli ======
 * ======the former leader was Nuammar Gaddofi ======
 * ======Libyan flag is on red stripe the a thicker black stripe with a crescent moon and a star and then a green stripe ======
 * ======The main tourist attraction is the Sahara Desert, hot during the day and cool at night, the desert animals will amaze you all ======
 * ======Olive oil is the main ingredient of nearly any dish or meal in Libya, and it is almost impossible to cook or prepare any Libyan food without it, palm dates, grains and milk nearly all libyans are islam ======
 * eastern hemisphere of Africa
 *  extremely dry air [[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZgjWQ_sKVoY/S---yw9nobI/AAAAAAAABFA/RCBOFi3OmdQ/s1600/lone_palm_sahara_desert.jpg width="248" height="85"]]
 * mediterenean sea
 * ======sahara desert ======
 * ======jobs are persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics ======
 * ======stability wise they are on their way back to the top ======
 * ======barely any education to anyone in Libya ======
 * ====== transportation is like U.S. they have highways, train system is being built, and they have car, trucks, and vans ======
 * ======<span style="color: #fb3284; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">population is 6,461,454 people ======
 * ======<span style="color: #32fbf2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> languages are Arabic, Nefusi, Zuara, and Tamashek[[image:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4357655552_04beac7157.jpg width="199" height="122"]] ======
 * ======<span style="color: #fb3284; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Men wear loose cotton shirts and trousers covered by a cloak. They often wear a flat brimless cap, and women wear a full length robe. Some people in Libya’s cities wear these clothes, because of their beliefs and values, but most city people wear western-style clothing ======


 * ======<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">killing Osama Bin Laden and many other Libyan followers of Bin Laden, this happened on May 2nd, 2011 ======
 * ======<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">September 11th, 2001 Gaddofi sent the Libyan followers and bombed the Pentagon, tried to bomb the white house but was sent down in Pennsylvania, in a plane Libyan followers had stolen with American passengers and an American passenger crashed the plane and was killed along with 182 American citizen passengers, and bombed the world trade center in New York ======
 * ======<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> current event: Muammar Gaddofi was a Libyan leader until he was killed by Libyan rebels in a fight that lasted 3 weeks; he became leader in 1972 and was killed on October 20th, 2011, so he was a leader for 41 years ======
 * ======<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Australian troops conquer Derna Libya January 30th, 1941 [[image:http://celebtvnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/9-11-Memorial-Shanksville-Pa-Sept-11-2011.jpg width="157" height="105"]] ======
 * ======<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">June 6th 2002 was a near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb, July 24th, 2007 Libya frees all six of the Medics in the HIV trial in Libya ======
 * ======<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">January 7th, 1986 US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya ======

** __Government:__ **
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">the economy depends on oil sector, which contribute about 95% of export earnings, 25% of GDP, 80% of government revenue, and Libyan imports about 75% of its food
 * <span style="color: #008039; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">the currency is Dinar[[image:http://flagpedia.net/data/currency/lyd/libyan-bills.jpg width="135" height="98"]]
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">unlimited government, populace through local councils

=7 to 10 questions:=
 * ======what is the climate like======
 * who was the former leader
 * what was the 9 11 date and what places did they target
 * what state did the plane go down that was supposed to bomb the white house
 * what do the people wear
 * what type of currency do they have
 * what is the education like
 * what does their flag look like

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