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Today in class we watched a movie on northern India.

The first city it visited was Varanasi. Varanasi according to Hindu beliefs is Shiva’s holy city. The Ganges river is also located in Varanasi. Their are over 100 stairs leading to the Ganges.

Then it visited Agra, India the town whee the Taj Mahal is located. The Taj Mahal was made by a Shah whose wife died after giving birth to her 14^th child.It took 20,00 people and 22 years for the Taj Mahal to be completed.

Next we learned about Hindu ceremonies. In the Hindu religion

• The Geta is the holy book.
• Carma is what you do and keep on doing.
• Krishna is a god with many forms. He is also very popular with the poor.

After that the movie had us travel to Corbett National Park. Corbett National Park has

• Nearly 600 species of bird.
• Was India’s first National Park.
• Famous for its elephants, tigers, and leopards. (oh,my)

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A New 7 Wonders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone knows there were 7 wonders of the ancient world but it’s time to pick some new ones!

Experts chose the finalists which are:

The Acropolis
Alhambra
Angkor
Chichen Itzá
Christ Redeemer
The Colosseum
Easter Island
Eiffel Tower
Great Wall of China
Hagia Sophia
Kiyomizu Temple
Kremlin
Machu Picchu
Neuschwanstein Castle
Petra
Pyramids of Giza
Statue of Liberty
Stonehenge
Sydney Opera House
Taj Mahal
Timbuktu

People around the world are voting and the results will be announced in July. You can read more about it here.

Today is 4/14/07 and I just voted! It feel good to know that I took the chance to change history!

On Monday we had a test on middle eastern countries locations and capitals.

To study for the tests we went to http://ilike2learn.com/ to practice our map skills and went to www.quia.com/jg/575757.html.

Countries                                   Capitols 

Iran                                        Tehran

Iraq                                             Baghdad

Kuwait                                            Kuwait City

Qatar                                        Doha

Turkey                                        Ankora

Yemen                                        Sanaa

Oman                                        Muscat

Jordan                                     Amman

Saudi Arabia                            Riyadh

United Arab Emerates                   Abu Dhabi

Syria                                       Damascus

Bahrain                                   Manama

Lebanon                                Beirut

Afghanistan                               Kabul

Israel                                    Jerusalem