Nicolaus+Mali

__Mali __ By: Cammi Nicolaus The colors in Mali's flag represent agriculture for the green, gold for the yellow and blood for the red. Location
 * Relative location
 * Near 7 countries Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal and Mauritania.
 * North Eastern hemisphere [[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTHgcD_YMode-g1kCo8xlWb-FPJ4B0u-Ox3_sOIizkCN2gSDQqo:www.nationsonline.org/map_small/mali_small_map.jpg width="179" height="191" align="right"]]
 * North West part of Africa
 * Absolute location
 * 17 degrees North, 4 degrees West

Place
 * Physical features
 * Has a couple of rivers like the Bani river, Niger river and Senegal river
 * Is part of the Sahara Desert
 * Largest country in West Africa
 * Temperatures are fairly high year round
 * Human features
 * The Great Mosque of Djenne is the largest mud-brick building in the world. It is 5,625 square feet.
 * Djinguereber Mosque is a famous learning center in Mali. Djinguereber Mosque was built in 1327.[[image:http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608023865706152041&w=287&h=184&c=7&rs=1&pid=1.7 align="right" caption="The Great Mosque of Djenne"]]

Human Environment Interaction
 * Agriculture is important because it employs 80% of the countries people
 * People fish in Mali because there is a lot of lakes and rivers to fish in like Lake Debo and the Niger river. The Niger river is good for fishing because it has over 180 fish species.
 * The Niger river brings people to Mali on tour boats.[[image:https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQUVAQsR4CJUgav7NcmjfuzR9t4zC3zqYzSVZ3httGHqdZivRWR width="258" height="152" align="right" caption="People fishing in Mali"]]

Movement


 * Exports
 * Mali exports things like gold, livestock and agriculture. Some ways they get the supplies to the other areas are the Nile river and railroads.
 * Imports
 * Some things that get imported to Mali are fuel and machinery.
 * Mineral fuel also gets imported a lot to Mali.

Region / Compare and Contrast

> || *  Official language is French, but most people speak Bambara. > || > || *  Less than half the people in Mali can read and write. About 27% can read and write. > || > || *  Islamic religion is the top religion in Mali. About 90% of the people in Mali are Islamic. > || > || *  Most people in Mali eat grains, rice and beans. In Mali the food is scarce. > ||
 * U.S.A || Mali  ||
 * *  Official language is English, but we speak a little of Spanish and other languages.
 * *  Almost all of the people in the U.S.A can read and write. About 99% can read and write.
 * * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Christianity is the top religion in the U.S.A. About 80% of Americans are Christian.
 * * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">People in America like to eat foods such as hamburgers and pizza. In America we have a lot of food to eat.