Yemen

1. Yemen By: Britney .W Brandin .M

2. The Land Landforms • Sarawat Mountains • Islands of Yemen • Great Rift Valley Water Systems • Great Rift Valley • Al Ghaidhak • Mariv

3. Natural Resources Petroleum Fish Rock Salt Marble Coal Gold Lead Nickle Copper Fertile soil The Land continued..

4. Climate/ Vegetation • Fossil deposits left in caves from small mammals called the rock hyrax. • The climate used to be a lot wetter then it is now. • Caves are built from limestone where few plants grow. • Silt deposits are found on the flat land. It makes it good for archeologists to find fossils. • It mostly rains in the summer • The average rain fall is 20inches • Coastal plain with some high land • Eastern Desert • Some parts of the country are either really wet or really dry. • It is the most populated country on the penninsula

5. Government! • The majority of the people are republican • It was first ruled by Imams • In 2006 Ali Abdullah Saleh he was re-elected with 77% of the vote • The government are rebels and they are called Houthi movement • The government are run by a prime minister who is appointed by a president • 301 members in the house of representatives • 6 year terms

6. History/ Current Events Current Event “Gunshots at US embassy in Yemen” • Gunmen have opened fire outside of the US embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. Hours later the embassy reciebed a threat about a potential attack in the “foreseeable future”. Those three men were arrested after a car chase. History • Yemen is one of the oldest civilizations in the east. • In the 6th century it was dominated by six successive civilizations. • 630 C.E. Yemen became part of the Muslim realm. • They did not have non speaking people through the 8th and 12th centuries. • They became republican May 22 of 1990

7. Economy • GVP is 52.5 billion per capital • Growth rate is 3.1% • Unemployment is 35% in 2003 • Arable land is 3% • Most people are employed in agricultural and herding services • Their industries are cotton textiles, and small aluminum products • They export 8.2 billion and they import 5.4 billion. • Major trading partners are China, Thailand, and India.

8. Culture • The language spoken here is mostly Arabic • They use the metric system • The people of Yemen use a unique clay architecture for their buildings. • The religion that is most popular in this country is Sunni Muslim, and Shia Muslim, and there are some small Christian and Hindu communities. • Their meals consist of breads, teas, meat, eggs, herbs, and spices. The meat they use typically is goat or sheep. Lately poultry and fish have become a lot more popular. • Over 90% of the population chews qat for more than five hours a day

9. Places to See • Sanaa is one of the oldest urban settlements of mankind.-visit the National Museum. • Wadi Dhar is a place in Yemen famous for its rock palace of the Imam and its fruit gardens. • Beit Al Faqih on Fridays they have the biggest weekly regional market in Africa. • Khokha is a fishing village with palm woods along the Red Sea.

10. Work Cited • http://www.wayfaring.info/2007/02/21/enjoy-in-the-city-of-sanaa-really-a-unique-place-very-different-to-the-rest-of-the-middle-east/ • https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7852481.stm • http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108153.html