Jamaican Facts

  • Motto- Out of many ,one people
  • Anthem- God Save the Queen
  • Continent: Central America
  • Capital- Kingstonjm-lgflag
  • Official languages- English
  • Ethnic groups- 91black .2 mix
  • Demonym (Demo = people; -onym = name)
  • Government- parliamentary democracy
  • Independence- 6 August 1962 from the United KingdomJamaicaP77b-500Dollars-1998_fimages
  • Area (include % water, if you can find it) 444
  • Population (current estimate & density)
  • Currency
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  • Did you know: Patrick Allen

Mexico

  • Motto – “Country, Liberty, Work and Culture”
  • Anthem      –  Himno nacional mexicano
  • Continent    – North America
  • Capital     – Mexico city
  • Official languages   –  Spanish
  • Ethnic groups – Mayan Indians, Mexicans
  • Demonym (Demo = people; -onym = name)- Mexican
  • Government   –  Federal presidential republic
  • Independence   –  from spain 1810 september 15
  • Area (include % water, if you can find it)-2.5
  • Population (current estimate & density) 111,211,789
  • Geography     –  high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
  • Neighboring countries     -Mexico is bordered by the United States to the north and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast.
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  • A “Did you know” fact of your choosing  –  Mexico covers some 1.96 million squared kilometres or 758,449 squared miles and borders the USA to the North and Guatemala and Belize to the South East.
  • Any other facts you find interesting/noteworthy  –  Mexico is actually short for its official name which is United Mexican State (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) and has a population of around 107.8 million people.
  • Currency
    1 New Mexican peso (Mex$) = 100 centavos Continue reading

Israel Facts

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  • Motto: Sorry, Israel has NO motto.
  • Anthem:Hatiḳṿa הַתִּקְוָה‎, The Hopeis_large_locator
  • Continent: Asia
  • Capital: Jerusalem
  • Official languages:
    Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
  • Ethnic groups:
    Jewish 76.4% (of which Israel-born 67.1%, Europe/America-born 22.6%, Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born 4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6% (mostly Arab) (2004)
  • Demonym: Israeli
  • Government: Same as ours, Judicial,Legistlative, and Executive branches.
  • Independence: 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
  • Area: 20,330 SQ KM: Water: 440 SQ KM
  • Population:

About 7.4 million people, of whom approximately 5.62 million are Jewish/

Population Density: 324 km/2
  • Currency:

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  • Flag:

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  • Geography

Desert to the south, snow capped mountains to the north

  • 47 airports as of 2008
  • 2 million internet users as of 2007
  • Time Zone: UTC +2/DST +3
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Sources: WikiAnswers, CIA World Factbook(website), and Wikipedia(website)

Sicilian Culture

I spoke to my TiTi Carol and asked her about her culture today.  She stated she is Sicilian and Sicilian’s are very family oriented. She said Sicilian’s are characterized and well known for their foods, art and music, and their roots go back thousands and thousand of years.  The language spoken in most Sicilian homes is Italian which is one of  the romance languages of the world.  My Titi Carol speaks Italian, Spanish and English.  Sicily is located at the bottom of Italy.  My Titi Carol is very cool and we do a lot of things together.