egypt by trevor kozak 8 th grader at tamarac middle school the sphinx and great pyramid
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Background Egypt is the only member of the Middle East in Africa Egypt has a population of 8,835,225 people Egypt is 1,001,450 kilometers The Capital of Egypt is Cairo.TRANSCRIPT
EgyptBy Trevor Kozak
8th grader at Tamarac Middle School
The Sphinx and Great Pyramid
Egypt
BackgroundEgypt is the only member of the
Middle East in Africa
Egypt has a population of 8,835,225 people
Egypt is 1,001,450 kilometers
The Capital of Egypt is Cairo.
Cairo EgyptNowFuture Goal
GovernmentEgypt is a Republic
The president is Mohammed Morsi
He was elected in 2011 after former president Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office because of the revolution
Egypt RevolutionThe Egyptian Revolution occurred in 2011.
Hosni Mubarak was acting like a dictator. Citizens of Egypt were not happy with the amount of power he was getting.
People formed riots and destroyed federal property to force Mubarak out of office.
Mubarak was even having someone rig the voting so he would win.
Hosni Mubarak(Former President)
Mohammed Morsi(Current President)
Agriculture
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EGYPT?
Nile River PollutionRice Straw BurningAir PollutionGarbage PollutionEndangered Animals
Nile River Pollution
Nile River SolutionsBiological filters with chemical
additives, and sand filters would fix water pollution in Egypt.
RICE STRAW BURNINGFarmers burn rice straw as a quick way to get rid of it.
Rice Straw Burning SolutionsRice Straw could be used as
mattress stuffing or animal feed instead of a pollutant
Air Pollution
Smog clouds form because of pollution
A permanent cloud of pollution is over Egypt
IDEA ProjectIDEA is a Canadian-Egyptian
Consortium which has changed about 350 brick factories south of Cairo.
They will use natural gas instead of oil to reduce CO2 and pollutants emitted by factories.
GARBAGE POLLUTIONStreets of Egypt have garbage on them because there are no proper places to put it.
Garbage City Garbage City is the only place in
Egypt where garbage is sorted and made into something else.
Zabbaleens(Garbage Collectors) Go around cities and collect garbage to bring to garbage city.
Garbage City
QUESTIONS?Comments?
Thank You!
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