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by Grant Part I-What I already know about my topic I have decided that the country of which I will do my game on will be Afghanistan. Some information that I know about the country is that there is a huge war going on between many muslim and islamic groups such as al-Queada and the Taliban. What I also know is that there are many American troops who are there to protect many of the Afgan villages and people from these terriost groups and fight aganist them. The environment that is in Afghanistan I know is mostly desert, sand, and many small villages. There is much war going on in Afghanistan and many people including the government don't have the power to stop it. What I also know is that in Afghanistan is a country in the middle east that is surrounded by many other countries such as Pakistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. As well as having many mall villages it also has large cities. The main religion or culture that the country holds in musilm and Islam (I think Hindu to). The people there speak Arabic and are Arab and Afghani.
 * My I-Search **
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

As well as knowing and having information on my topic I also have many questions about it as well. Some of the questions that I have are: What types of valuable resources are there?, What other types of issues do they face besides the war?, What is the main population?, What do most people do for a living?, and how do many residents of the country protect themselves from terroists without the help of the American troops? These are some questions that I have on my topic and I want to know more about. I think by learning the answers of these questions I will learn more about Afghanistan and what are the main things that affect this country.
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **

The other questions that I have are mainly on the geography of Afghanistan. Are there many bodies of water there?, What other types of environments are there besides desert lands?, Do many people farm and grow crops in area like that?, and what type of food do many of the people get from the land? I think that these questions will lead me to many sources I order to allow me to receive the answers.

For my topic I have consulted with one book and a few Internet sites. My book and websites have given me a few ideas on what I can create my game about and hwo I should invent it in a way that makes my game enticing and compelling so that people can play it. As far as interviewing people I think I know who could be a good source. One of my good friends is currently leaving in Afghanistan right now with his family. When I looking for my choice of book the main thing I wanted was a background of Afghanistan and the main conditions that many people in the country are currently facing today, this i thought could help me understand the main types of problems and current events that are going on. My book which is __Love and War in Afghanistan__ talks about the different people who have lived in Afghanistan throughout the twentieth century and it discusses the many problems and issues that they faced. It helped me understand how this country came to be and what are the causes and effects of the issues they are dealing with.
 * Part III--The Search **

When I went to the library to search for a book on Afghanistan I thought that it would be difficult to pinpoint, but in fact it was pretty easy. To me what I thought was a big help was that the librarian who helped me obtain my book was from Afghanistan himself! From that point on I thought it would be easy to find a book. I got three different types of books on Afghanistan and all of them were helpful, but after reading a little information on each of them I found out that __Love and War in Afghanistan__ had the best information that I could use in my project. Although finding my book was pretty easy searching for my internet sources wasn't so easy. I couldn't really narrow down my search and get good sources for my topic. After stressing out over what sources that I should choose I finally found three good resources that I thought could help me a lot. I got my resources off of diigo.com and searched in the community library

The three internet sources that I used were "Afghanistan." //US Department of State, Diplomacy in Action,// "Afghanistan Online: The Plight of the Afghan Woman." and Editorial,. "Losing Afghanistan ." I really didn't at first understand the main environment and main parts of Afghanistan. , but after reading my book I began to see the issues that many people there deal with.

What I have learned about Afghanistan from doing my research and also completeing my I-search is that insead of states the whole country is divided up into provinces (34). Ialso learned that the government that Afghanistan has almost always been run by is a kingdom (monarchy). Many timesback in Afghan history has the country been ruled by a king or queen. What I have also learned is that Kabul is the capital and that many of the wars that were going on Afghanistan back in history and still continue today are the things that most affect they way that the people live there. Many of the wars that go on inAfghanistan are mainly between terrorist groups and gangs. Some terrorist groups that I learned of were the mujahedin and the Taliban. At first I thought al-Qaeda was also another terrorist group in Afghanistan, but Ifound ou that they are only present in Iraq. One more thing that I learned about war in Afghanistan is that back in the 1980s the Soviet Union was trying to take ove the country and it costed the lives of many innocent people.It was one great thing that affected many people in the country.
 * Part IV--What I Learned**

Something else that I earned and didn't knw was that in 1919 Afganistan claimed its independence as a country and no longer a colony of Great Britain. During the wars that were taking place in afghanistan many people would have no money or shelter and were forced to either move to different parts of the country or move to the neighboring countries of Iran, Pakistan or Tajikistan. The reason why so many people lost money during this time was because many local terroristgroups who were eithr fighig against each other or the Afghan government would sually knock on people's doors an ask them for money in order to buy things such as weapons, tanks and other useful tools. When on terrorist group would take over a specific town or district they would usually close down schools, take over houses and and capture that area inorder o turn them into bases and centers that they can use for their group.

The way that people in Afghanistan dress up is that usually men whenenforced would have to wher turbans and ladies would have to where burqas. It is apart of their Islam culture for ladies to show no skin and for men to follow the Sharia Law. Men would also have to grow beards unless they didn't want to be beaten senseless by local forces.


 * Part V--Works Cited **

"Afghanistan." //US Department of State, Diplomacy in Action//. US Department of State, 26 Mar 2010. Web. 5 May 2010. .

Editorial,. "Losing Afghanistan ." //New York Times// 24 Aug 2006: n. pag. Web. 5 May 2010. .

Klaits, Alex. Love and War in Afghanistan. hardcover. 1. America: 2005. 293. Print.

Qazi, Abdullah. "Afghanistan Online: The Plight of the Afghan Woman." Afghanistan Online. N.p., 8 Mar.2010. Web. 19 May 2010. http://www.afghan-web.com/woman/.