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Kandahar

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Date: 

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kandahar

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. Where is Kandahar?

  2. 2. How many people live in Kandahar?

  3. 3. How big is Kandahar?

  4. 4. What language do people speak in Kandahar?

  5. 5. When was Kandahar built?

  6. 6. What is the capital of?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Pashtunwali

  • Lingua Franca

  • Hellenistic Period

  • Geopolitics

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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