The Karman Family Blog

Some countries in the South Pacific take care of internal affairs but have other countries take care of export and military matters. The reason some people can’t have lactose is because they do not have enough lactase in their bodies to digest it. Shenyang is in China again. It has almost 5,000,000 people. 42% of the population is nonreligious. It is the former capitol of the Manchu dynasty.

Mogadishu has had almost no population growth in 100 years. It is considered the most dangerous and lawless city in the world.

Catholic means for all. What is now Istanbul was Byzantine, then Constantinople. We learned about Asmara today. It means union of four city names. It is the capitol of Eritrea. It has 1,147,000 people.

Happy May!!!

Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia. It means new flower, 3,453,000 people live in new flower. They have shanty towns, and are 70% christian.

We are reading about the Pacific islands. There are thousands of them!!! When other people came they caused devistation because they brought disease. They speak at least 850 languages in one island.

In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Addis Ababa. It means new flower. It is the capitol of Ethiopia. It has 3,453,000 people. 70% are Christian and 24% are Muslim. 5% are ethnic. We read 12 poems today, garage sale, horse chestnut, skeletons, mud, geese, violets, web, doll, potatoes, July, pocket and book. Nesia means island.

Today all I had was spelling. I was going to have Math too but we decided not to so we could do Math during the summer.

In Science we learned about fossils in a new book. And how fruit ripens in our old book.

We are reading Revelation in Bible. Instead of reading it in the actual Bible Mom decided to read it in The Message. In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Djibouti. It is the means the queen of the sands. It is the capitol of Djibouti. It has 60% unemployment. And 94% Muslim.

In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about N’djamena. It is the capitol of Chad. It means we rested. It has severe poverty and dirty water. Vacca means cow. Vaccination was discovered through Cow Pox.