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Israel

Israel. By: Erin Popalis. Map and Location . Size. Area: 20,330 sq. km. (7,850 sq. mi.) About the size of New Jersey Highest and Lowest Elevation Highest- Har Meron 1,208 m Lowest- Dead Sea 408 m. Population. Population of 2010 7.59 million

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Israel

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  1. Israel By: Erin Popalis

  2. Map and Location

  3. Size • Area: 20,330 sq. km. (7,850 sq. mi.) • About the size of New Jersey • Highest and Lowest Elevation • Highest- Har Meron 1,208 m • Lowest- Dead Sea 408 m

  4. Population • Population of 2010 7.59 million • Ethnic groups: Jews 76.2%; Arabs 19.5%; other 4.3%

  5. Date it became a State. Became a nation on May 14, 15 1948

  6. Nickname, Motto & Flag • The Motto- “To learn and to teach, to observe and to do.” • The Nickname- “The Holy Land.” • The Flag- • White - peace and honesty • Blue - vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice • Star of David

  7. Capital • Jerusalem • Oldest City in the World

  8. Anthem • Hatikvah (“The Hope”)  As long as deep in the heart,The soul of a Jew yearns,And forward to the EastTo Zion, an eye looksOur hope will not be lost,The hope of two thousand years,To be a free nation in our land,The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

  9. Coat of arms • It was adopted in 1948. • Sometimes it is gold and blue.

  10. Famous People • Natalie Portman-Was born is Jerusalem • Her father is from Israel • Her mother is from Ohio

  11. Computer & Phone usage • Since the mid 1980s Israel is apart of world wide web. • In 2001 60% is nonusers and 40% are internet users.

  12. Gross National Product

  13. Import & Export goods • Some Exports items • olive oils, wine, and grains • Some Import items • tin, lead, silver, copper, iron and gold

  14. Foods or crops produced • In Israel 215,000 hectares of land are devoted to field crops. • 156,000 are for winter crops including wheat, hay and safflower. • 60,000 are for summer crops including cotton, sunflowers, beans, corn and watermelon.

  15. School • The school system has kindergartens • 6 year primary schools • 3 year junior secondary schools • 3 year senior secondary schools

  16. Clothing • Women in Israel get used to wearing pants. • Very few wear shorts. • Men dress very casually

  17. Sports • Israel is very competitive when it comes to sports. • They have won many metals in the Olympics • Israeli grandmaster is the holder of the 2009 Chess World Cup. • Some major achievements come from tennis and pole vaulting.

  18. Sports cont. • Some other sports they do are • Association football, basketball, track and field, swimming, handball, chess, softball, boxing, wrestling, cricket, rugby, American football, netball, baseball, ice hockey, figure skating, and martial arts.

  19. Language • Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Russian. • English and Russian are the most popular unofficial languages in Israel.

  20. Religion • Not all of Israel is religions. • 7.59 million Israelis in 2010, about 76% were counted as Jewish. The other is 23.8% • 32.9% of Israelis were born outside of Israel.

  21. Types of Government • “Parliamentary democracy - a political system in which the legislature (parliament) selects the government - a prime minister, premier, or chancellor along with the cabinet ministers - according to party strength as expressed in elections; by this system, the government acquires a dual responsibility: to the people as well as to the parliament” • http://www.indexmundi.com/israel/government_type.html

  22. Health Care • They have high standard health services. • Modern hospitals.

  23. Climate • A subtropical region • Hot and dry summers • Cold and rainy winters

  24. Global Issues • Israel is getting a lot of criticism about not upholding and respect human rights. • On the mainstream there was a lot of reports about the terrorist attacks on the Jewish states.

  25. Natural resources • Some of Israel’s natural resources are timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, and sand.

  26. Recycling initiatives • Waste disposal reached 20% in 2004 and 50% in 2010 • EACH PERSON in Israel generates 1.6 kilograms (kg) of waste per day.

  27. Political system • TheKnesset • instead of voting for individual candidates they vote for an entire party. • Any party with 2 percent in percent is assigned a certain amount of seats in the 120 member-legislature

  28. Transportation • Israel has pretty much the same ways to move around as we do. • Bus, Car, Train, Subway, Cable cars, Plane, Boat.

  29. Cost of living

  30. Cost of an average House • A two bedroom house in Tel Aviv is about $400,000. • Others can be around $180,000 in place around Tel Aviv.

  31. Average income

  32. Taxes • In 2011 Israel’s corporate income tax rate is 24% • Individual income tax is about 10%-45%.

  33. Work Cited • http://www.jgpress.com/archives/_free/001055.html • http://www1.american.edu/carmel/nk3791a/Internet.htm • http://www.indexmundi.com/israel/natural_resources.html • http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles2/relinisr-consensus.htm • http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3581.htm • http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Israel.html • http://www.jewish-history.com/occident/volume1/june1843/motto.html • http://www.indexmundi.com/israel/ • http://www.indexmundi.com/israel/government_type.html • http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Israel • http://www.slate.com/id/2220531/ • http://www.worldwide-tax.com/israel/israel_tax.asp • http://www.science.co.il/Israel-climate.php • http://contenderministries.org/middleeast/timeline.php • http://www.journeywoman.com/ccc/ccc-i2.html • http://library.thinkquest.org/26823/agriculture.htm • http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/History/Facts+about+Israel-+History.htm

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