September 11, 2001

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September 11, 2001
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After the attack

• What do American college students know?

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Attack on America

• The attack on September 11th changed the lives
  of Americans in many ways.

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The Aftermath

• Consequently we Americans find ourselves
  searching for answers to many questions.

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Difficult Issues

• A topic of interest for social studies educators
  is how young people feel and what they think
  about these difficult issues.
  

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What do students know

• about Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the U.S.
  military response?
  

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• In an effort to explore young peoples thoughts
  and feelings we conducted a survey of 26 college
  students.

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The Survey

• We asked various questions about students
  knowledge of and feelings about Afghanistan, the
  Taliban, and U.S. Military response.
  

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The Participants

• Age range of respondents 18-50
• 84.62 were age 18-25
• Freshman 19.23
• Sophomores 23.08
• Juniors 23.08
• Seniors 34.62

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The Participants

• 46.15 of respondents were female
• 53.85 of respondents were male

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The Questions

• The following are the survey questions as they
  were presented to respondents with the
  corresponding percentages of answers.

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Can you locate Afghanistan on a map?

• 69.23 of respondents felt they would be able to
  locate Afghanistan on a map.
  
• 26.92 reported being unable to locate
  Afghanistan.
  
• 3.85 were unsure.

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Do you think the people of Pakistan support the
U.S. stand on terrorism?

• 34.62 of respondents feel that Pakistan supports
  the U.S.
  
• 38.46 feel that Pakistan does not support the
  U.S.
  
• 26.92 were unsure

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Do you believe the majority of Afghan people
support the Taliban?

• 11.54 of respondents believe that Afghans
  support the Taliban
  
• 53.85 believe that Afghans do not support the
  Taliban
  
• 34.62 were unsure

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Do you agree with U.S. military involvement in
Afghanistan?

• 80.77 of respondents support the U.S. military
  in Afghanistan
  
• 7.69 do not support the U.S. military in
  Afghanistan
  
• 11.54 were unsure

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Do you support U.S. assistance of rebel forces in
Afghanistan?

• 34.62 of respondents concurred with such
  assistance
  
• 42.30 did not agree with U.S. assistance
• 11.54 were unsure

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Do you think that the civilian deaths in
Afghanistan are a justified part of the war on
terrorism?

• 50 of respondents felt that civilian deaths in
  Afghanistan were justified.
  
• 38.46 were opposed
• 11.54 were unsure

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Do you think the U.S. should attempt to make
peace with the Afghan government?

• 38.46 of those polled felt that the U.S. should
  make peace with the Afghan government
  
• 50 did not agree with a peace agreement with
  Afghanistan
  
• 11.54 were unsure

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Do you think the U.S. Government should continue
providing food rations to the Afghan people?

• 53.85 of respondents agreed with continued food
  rations
  
• 23.08 disagreed with food rations
• 23.08 were unsure

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Do you think that President Bush was acting
appropriately when he ordered the death of Osama
bin Laden?

• 53.85 of respondents agreed with this order.
• 34.62 disagreed with this order.
• 11.54 were unsure

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Has your opinion of George Bush changed since
September 11, 2001?

• 42.31 of respondents report that their opinion
  of President Bush has changed.
  
• 50 were unchanged
• 7.69 were unsure

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Afghanistan

• What is the country like? Who are the people
  that live there? What is life like in
  Afghanistan?

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Geography

• Location
• Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan and
  east of Iran

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Climate

• Climate
• Arid to semiarid cold winters and hot summers

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Terrain

• Terrain
• Mostly rugged mountains plains in north and
  southwest

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Natural Hazards

• Damaging earthquakes occur in the Hindu Kush
  mountains, flooding, drought.
  

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Afghanistan
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People of Afghanistan

• Population
• 26,813,057 (July 2001 est.)
• Life expectancy
• 46.24 years
• Literacy
• 31.5 males 47.2 females 15

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People of Afghanistan
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People of Afghanistan

• Ethnic groups
• Pashtun 38, Tajik 25, Hazara 19, minor ethnic
  groups 12, Uzbek 6
  
• Religions
• Sunni Muslim 84, Shia Muslim 15, other 1

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People of Afghanistan
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What do you think?
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Facts taken from

• CIA World Fact Book 2001 online
• www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

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Survey administered by

• Erica Fischer and Melissa Pasquantonio

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Pamphlet and facts assembled by

• Erica Fischer and Melissa Pasquantonio

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Slide Show presentation created by

• Erica Fischer

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