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 * **History-** A small part of modern Lebanon known as Mount Lebanon. Mount Lebanon and all of Syria became a French protectorate when French and British drove the Ottomans out of the area during World War 1.


 * Housing-** The land area is very urban. Most of the people live in apartments (with four to ten floors in the building.)


 * Economy-** Most of Lebanon's economy relies on services. The key crops include various fruits, grains, potatoes, tobacco, olives, and onions. There's only about 65% of employment in Lebanon. The 1975-1990 civil war heavily damaged Lebanon's economy.


 * The Arts-** The national dance is the //dabkah. The// performers dance in a strait line, holding handkerchiefs high in the air, while the first dancer leads the group on stepping and jumping.


 * Government-** The president is chief of state, and he appoints the prime minister. The prime minister is a Muslim. The National Assembly has an equal number of seats reserved for Christians and Muslims.


 *  Holidays -** The holidays are followed on a lunar calender. Which is about 11 days. Some holidays are Easter, Assumption, and Christmas, they celebrate these ones only because, Lebanon is more of a christian country. But the Muslims in Lebanon celebrate the prophet Muhammad's birthday and //Eid ul-Fitr//, the three-day feast at the end of the month of Ramadan. ||  ||

Attractions-fun,temples, landmarks Architecture population-numbers & make-up laws climate Food Dance Traditions Housing Holidays Sports Schools-Education Music Clothing Families Economy=jobs, agriculture,poverty level Natural resources Country symbol, flag wildlife natural disasters arts Social classes/groups =Food= Malaysia has many kinds of restaurants almost every were in the cities and towns.Their is a viaraty of types of restaurants like Chinese Restaurants, Indian Restaurants, Thai Restaurants and more. When you go out to eat in Malaysia it's an adventure of different cultres. The viarity of different culters are spicy food from Malaysia food, a seemingly endless viaraty of Chinese food, and exotic cuisine from North and South India. Popular dishes for Malaysia are satay, nasi lemak, rendang,rotic cani, murtabaka, laksa, chiken rice, and fried noodles.
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=Dance= There is two types of dances that malaysia people mostly dance. They are court dance and folk dance. On west malaysia and east malaysia people practice and perform widely and is now one of the things that tourist are atractide to. Also ballet is one of the dances mostly danced.

=Clothing= The malaysia people were clothing called baju kurung and baju kebaya also baju melayu. Baju kurung and baju keban are for women.For the men they wear //baju melayu// with a //songkok// or cap on their head. Traditional clothing for men in Malaysia are a silk or cotton skirt and shirt with a scarf piece of cloth tied around his waist. This scarf is sewn together at the ends and is traditionally called a sarong. Most of the clothing is made up of bright and bold colors.

=Religion= Malaysia has four religions. They are Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Christian. There is 60% of Muslim, 19% of Buddhist, 6% of Hindu, and 9% Christian. The country celabrates the holodays with all the religions.

=History= The Japanese invaded and took over Malysia during World War II. In 1786 Britian made it's first colony in Malay Peninsula. In Peninsula, the Malay Communist Party took up arms against the British.Because of the demands of the war in Europe, there was virtually no British air capacity in the Far East. The Japanese were able to attack from their bases in French Indo China with impunity, and despite stubborn resistance from British, Australia and Indian forces and they over ran Malaya in two months. Singapore with no landward defences, no air cover and no water supply, was forced to surender in February 1942, doing ireparable damage to British prestige. British North Borneo and Brunei were also occupied.

=Geography= There are two seperate parts to this country being Peninsular Malaysia to the west and East Malaysia to the east. Malaysia is close to the to the equator so is is hot and humid through out the year. Malaysia is the 66th largest country.The highest mountain range in Malaysia is the Crocker Range in Sabah. Malaysia has tropical forest.Between Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia is the South China Sea. =GOVERMENT,= WWW.wikipedia.com/Malaysiahistory Malaysia has a constituitional monarchy. the monarchy is made up of 13 states. The council of rulers are composed of hereditary rulers. For a five year term, rulers will alternate for Malaysia as a king. The Parliment has two houses. The Dewan Negarav(Senate) is one of the houses and Dewan Negara(house of representives) is the secound. 69 members fils the Senate house. none