On going war since

Afghans VS Talibans have caused great ruckus in

1992
Afghanistan

Unstablized the Afghan economy.

NATO, US, and China jumped in to settle the issues
down.
More than 5000 Afghan soldiers, 16 US soldiers, and 5

Oil Business
Afghanistans economy mostly depends on Oils &
Natural Gases.
Trading oils with countries, such as US and Russia, brings
huge fortune to Afghanistan.
Lots of Oil reserves still lies underneath Afghanistan.
Lack of technology holds them back from mining.

Ahla w Sahla!
Welcome to Lebanon!

Physical
Geography
of
Lebanon

Population Geography
Population:

4.5 million (2015)

Density :

981 per sq mi (2014)

Birth rate :

14.8 Births/1000 population (2014)

Life expectancy :

77 years (2014)

Literacy rate:

93.9%

Development Geography
After the 1975-90 civil war in Lebanon, the economy was seriously
damaged.
A while after the civil war, the economy became stable.
Several countries helped Lebanon restructure itself. Countries like Saudia
Arabia and the European Union contributed millions of dollars.
Lebanons debt to GDP ration remained one of the highest in the world.

Culutral Geography
Since Lebanon has been conquered by several groups like the Greek and
Persians, Lebanon has a rich mix of culture.
Arabic is their national language
Celebrate both Christian and Muslim holidays
All things they do are similar to the Meditarranean Europe
Examples of Lebanese food contains pita bread and Hummus.

Health Geography
Lebanon has been drastically low in birth rate as of 2015
Due to church explosion in Lebanon, the people have been suffering from
depression and PTSD.
Lebanese people have 41% of depression in the population from a research
found.

Political Geography
A Democratic country.
High concern for Christians and Muslims in the parliament.
The development of the parliament has been from making sure religious
leaders do not take big contributions to the government.
Lebanon, recently in 2015, has been a spot for the refugees from Syria.

Resources (Lebanon)
Pubmed.gov., PTSD, depression, and health status in Lebanese Civilians
exposed to Church explosion., (2003).,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12906342., November 2, 2015
Mona Y., On the Issues: Lebanons Government., (January 11, 2013).,
http://www.usip.org/publications/the-issues-lebanons-government.,
Novemeber 2, 2015
MercyCorps.com.,Political, Economic, and Social Instability in Lebanon.,
https://www.mercycorps.org/research-resources/political-economic-and-socialinstability-lebanon
., November 2, 2015

Resources (Afgahnistan):
1. Paul B., Physical Geography of Afghanistan., (April 25, 2009).,
http://geography.howstuffworks.com/middle-east/afghanistan-geograph
y1.htm
., November 2, 2015.
2. Carl C., General Information of Afghanistan., (September 2, 2012).,
http://www.afghanistans.com/Information/defaulf.htm., November 2,
2015.
3. Kendra G., Climate of Afghanistan., (January 18, 2005).,
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/afghan/afghan-narrative.html.,
November 2, 2015.

Resources (continuation):
1. Chen P., Human geography of Afghanistan and its region around., (May 9,
2011).,
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/human-geography-afghanista
n-and-its-region-around/
., November 2, 2015.
2. Kate T., Relationship between health and water in Afghanistan., (September
24, 2007)., http://www.afghan-web.com/environment/water.html., November
2, 2015.
3. James K., Amazing Culture of Afghans., (March 23, 2006).,
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/afghanistan.html
., November 2, 2015.

Thank you!