Mali+Matt+Patrick+Jared

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**__ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Location __**

 * === Absolute location‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍-20 degrees north latitdue and 0 degrees ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍longitude Relative location-West of Niger,East of Mauritania,North of Ivory Coast,South of Algeria,Northern and Western Hemispheres,Africa. ===

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**__ Place- Physical Characteristics- __**

 * === Mali is a landlocked country in Western Africa. ===
 * === Physical Geography- ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Sahara desert, the Niger river,Sahel,a golden mines, and forms of bushes and low trees‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. ===
 * === Climate- Nothern is desert,hot and dry,little rain in the north,has 3 seasons of weather-rainy,hot,and average types of weather. Climate usaually subtropical to arid. ===
 * === Sahara covers the northern part of Mali.Grassland mostly cover the rest of the country. ===
 * === The average temperature is 110 degrees. ===
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 * ==== 20 major ethnic groups,most major group is Islam or Muslim.Other religions include Sunni or Sufi,Christian,Roman Catholic,and Protestant.[[file:mali.xlsx]] ====
 * ==== Many different languages and the major language is French ====
 * ==== Malians are polite,friendly,neat,and often joke aroundwith other people ====
 * ==== Malians clothes-modest,neat,loose,and they were western clothes in urban areas. [[image:africacountryproject/mali flag.gif width="194" height="170" align="right"]] ====
 * ==== Familys are large and extended family usually live close to each other ====
 * ==== Food they eat-millet,corn,porridge,wheat,meat,etc. ====
 * ==== Most common sports-Soccer and basketball ====
 * ==== They pray 5 times a day ====

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 * ===How humans adapt to the environment- They dress in loose clothes because its hot there and they build houses to match the environment.If it is hot, they will try to make there house cool or cold.===
 * ===How humans change the environment-The cars they have in urban areas cause pollution and when they build dams it threteneds the lives of fish in the Niger river.===
 * ===What are some enviromental problems due to people changing the enviroment-One problem is deforestation when they cut down the trees for land and when the farmers abandon farmland it causes droughts in some places===



**__ Movement __**

 * ==== People get around by riding bikes ====
 * ==== Also people get around by using boats on the Niger River ====
 * ==== One way ideas move is by email ====
 * ==== Letters can help info move around Mali ====
 * ==== Product Movement-Corn/Millet/Rice,gold/gold fields,cotton,livestock,salt,and limestone are all products in Mali. ====

__** Political Map Of Mali **__
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__** Products **__
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 * ===__** Corn **__===
 * ===__** Millet **__===
 * ===__** Gold **__===
 * ===__** Cotton **__===
 * ===__** Limestone **__===
 * ===__** Salt **__===
 * ===__** Livestock **__===
 * ===__** Rice **__===